03245nam 2200697 450 991046505780332120200520144314.01-317-08584-11-317-08583-31-4094-4004-4(CKB)3710000000117504(EBL)1589639(SSID)ssj0001225046(PQKBManifestationID)11790711(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001225046(PQKBWorkID)11265001(PQKB)11764039(MiAaPQ)EBC1589639(MiAaPQ)EBC5293909(Au-PeEL)EBL1589639(CaPaEBR)ebr10875281(CaONFJC)MIL924627(OCoLC)882260345(Au-PeEL)EBL5293909(CaONFJC)MIL632475(OCoLC)1027200680(EXLCZ)99371000000011750420140602h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrOn South Bank the production of public space /Alasdair J. H. JonesSurrey, England ;Burlington, Vermont :Ashgate,2014.©20141 online resource (302 p.)Re-materialising Cultural GeographyDescription based upon print version of record.1-4094-4003-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Public Space as a Research Setting; 3 Boundary Effects: Morphology and Activity at South Bank; 4 South Bank as Theme Park? Public Space and the Practical Accommodation of Disorder; 5 Play and Public Space: Theorising Ludic Practices at South Bank; 6 'The Stamp of the Definitive': From 'Loose Space' to 'Public Realm' at South Bank; 7 Conclusion: Time to Stand Back? The Reinvented Southbank Centre; Bibliography; Appendix 1; Appendix 2; IndexThrough an in-depth ethnographic examination of London's 'South Bank', this book explores the value widely presupposed on urban public space. Based on subjective accounts of the value of public space, as well as observations of how the South Bank is used and 'practised' on a daily basis, it argues that this value is not so much inherent to physical public space itself as it is derived through the everyday use and production of that space. Public space is valued not only for its essential material characteristics but also for the productive potential that these characteristics, if properly manaRe-materialising cultural geography.Public spacesSocial aspectsEnglandLondonSocial interactionEnglandLondonUrban parksSocial aspectsEnglandLondonSouth Bank (London, England)Electronic books.Public spacesSocial aspectsSocial interactionUrban parksSocial aspects307.7609421Jones Alasdair861805MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465057803321On South Bank1923362UNINA