This book explores the role of dialogue in urban community formations, specifically focusing on the need for civic dialogue within urban spaces. It examines the relationships between people and place, analyzing how local narratives are constructed by community members and, in a contrasting manner, by professional practitioners. Drawing on theory and method, as well as three city case studies in Liverpool (UK), Medellin (Colombia) and Berlin (Germany), this book analyzes patterns within the city that affect community-members' engagements with spaces, and the politics of inclusion and...