Tuff city [[electronic resource] ] : urban change and contested space in central Naples / / Nick Dines

• Autore: Dines Nicholas T
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Berghahn Books, 2012
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (363 p.)
• Disciplina: 307.760945/731
• Soggetto topico: Public spaces - Italy - Naples; Urbanization - Italy - Naples; City planning - Italy - Naples; Land use, Urban - Italy - Naples
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-322) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Tuff city
• ISBN: 1-280-49664-9; 9786613591876; 0-85745-280-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808078703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Remapping cultural history ; ; v. 13.