The Narrative Turn in Urban Planning: Plotting the Helsinki Waterfront

ISBN-13: 9780367555856 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 154 str.

Lieven Ameel

Opis

In two extended case studies from the planning of the Helsinki waterfront, this book applies the narrative concepts and theories to a broad range of texts and practices, considering ways toward a more conscious and contextualised future urban planning.

O autorze

Lieven Ameel is a university lecturer in comparative literature at Tampere University, Finland. He holds a PhD in Finnish literature and comparative literature from the University of Helsinki and the JLU Giessen and is docent in urban studies and planning methods. He has published widely on literary experiences of the city, narrative planning, and urban futures. His other books include Helsinki in Early Twentieth-Century Literature (2014) and the co-edited volumes Literature and the Peripheral City (2015), Literary Second Cities (2017), and The Materiality of Literary Narratives in Urban History (2019).