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Terms and conditions applyThe Contested Metropolis: Six Cities at the Beginning of the 21st Century
Raffaele Paloscia
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Format: Book
Pages: 300
Publisher: Birkhauser
Date Published: Aug 2004
Stock Code: 33305
Binding: Paperback
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Berlin, Brussels, Florence, London, Paris, Toronto, Zurich - fascinating western representations of the Metropolis, which are reputed as all being sophisticated icons of international commerce, finance, tourism, though in very different ways. Striking appearances and successful structures are, however, only one side of the reality. On the darker side, there are the insidious changes which have come about primarily for reasons of quick profit and consumerism; social and ethnic ghettos are on the increase. Yet in all these cities there are forces which are facing up to these supposedly irreversible developments and which must be taken seriously.
This book suggests reasons as to why urban populations are taking a stance and making moves to overturn long standing concepts of cities exploited for profit and consumerism, thereby proving there is a chance of them being able to live in metropolitan spaces according to the peoples needs that live there.
This book suggests reasons as to why urban populations are taking a stance and making moves to overturn long standing concepts of cities exploited for profit and consumerism, thereby proving there is a chance of them being able to live in metropolitan spaces according to the peoples needs that live there.
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