Understanding the city : Henri Lefebvre and urban studies / edited by Gülçin Erdi-Lelandais ; contributors, Gülçin Erdi-Lelandais [and eleven others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erdi Lelandais, Gülçin, editor, contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--Congresses.

Cities and towns.

Sociology, Urban--Congresses.

Sociology, Urban.

Urbanization--Congresses.

Urbanization.

Lefebvre, Henri, 1901-1991.

Lefebvre, Henri.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, [England] : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Henri Lefebvre is undoubtedly one of the most influential thinkers in the field of urban space and its organization; his theories offer reflections still valid for analyzing social relations in urban areas affected by the crisis of the neoliberal economic system. Lefebvre's ideal of the ""right to the city"" is now more widely accepted given today's current cultural and social situation. Most current research on Henri Lefebvre refers solely to his ideas and their theoretical discussion, without...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

"In the last four years, conferences at Nanterre University in France (2011) and Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands (2008 and 2009) on the oeuvre of Lefebvre have been held."

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 7, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4438-6320-3

OCLC:

882778500