Tuff city : urban change and contested space in central Naples / Nick Dines.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dines, Nicholas T.

Series:

Remapping cultural history ; v. 13.

Remapping cultural history ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public spaces--Italy--Naples.

Public spaces.

Urbanization--Italy--Naples.

Urbanization.

City planning--Italy--Naples.

City planning.

Land use, Urban--Italy--Naples.

Land use, Urban.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (363 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

During the 1990s, Naples' left-wing administration sought to tackle the city's infamous reputation of being poor, crime-ridden, chaotic and dirty by reclaiming the city's cultural and architectural heritage. This book examines the conflicts surrounding the reimaging and reordering of the city's historic centre through detailed case studies of two piazzas and a centro sociale, focusing on a series of issues that include decorum, security, pedestrianization, tourism, immigration and new forms of urban protest. This monograph is the first in-depth study of the complex transformations of one of Eu

Contents:

pt. 1. Urban change in an ordinary city : Naples during the 1990s

pt. 2. The making of a regeneration symbol : heritage, decorum and the incursions of the everyday in Plazza Plebiscito

pt. 3. Deprovincializing urban regeneration : Piazza Garibaldi and immigration during the Bassolino era

pt. 4. An alternative idea of public space : the Centro Sociale in Montesanto.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-322) and index.

ISBN:

1-80758-256-6

1-280-49664-9

9786613591876

0-85745-280-0

OCLC:

793996545