Urban Public Space: Facing the Challenges of Mobility and Aestheticization

Urban public space continues to be the focus of debate regarding its conceptualization and how it is designed, (re)produced and managed. Nowadays public spaces are facing new challenges conceptually and practically. This book focuses on two of them: mobility and aestheticization.
Mobility and flows are considered to be key characteristics of the post—modern era. While for some scholars it means the «end of place», others are trying to re—conceptualize it by bringing together notions of spa...