Planning and place in the city: mapping place identity /
Marichela Sepe
- Oxon: Routledge/Taylor & Francis, 2013.
- xviii, 333 p.
Definition of the field of investigation -- New places in the contemporary city -- Making places for people -- The place maker method -- Case studies .
"Under the influence of globalization, the centres of many cities in the industrialised world are losing their place identity, the set of cultural markers that define a city's uniqueness and make it instantly recognisable. A key task for planners and residents, working together, is to preserve that unique sense of place without making the city a parody of itself. Marichela Sepe explores the preservation,
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City planning- Social aspects City planning -- Social aspects. Architecture -- Human factors.