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1. Public Space and the Challenges of Urban Transformation in Europe

   Edited by Ali Madanipour, Sabine Knierbein, Aglaee Degros

   European cities are changing rapidly in part due to the process of de-industrialization, European integration and economic globalization. Within those cities public spaces are the meeting place of politics and culture, social and individual territories, instrumental and expressive concerns. Public...

   To Be Published October 20th 2013 by Routledge
2. Knowledge Economy and the City

   Spaces of knowledge

   By Ali Madanipour

   Series: Regions and Cities

   This book explores the relationship between space and economy, the spatial expressions of the knowledge economy. The capitalist industrial economy produced its own space, which differed radically from its predecessor agrarian and mercantile economies. If a new knowledge-based economy is emerging,...

   To Be Published July 4th 2013 by Routledge
3. Whose Public Space?

   International Case Studies in Urban Design and Development

   Edited by Ali Madanipour

   Public spaces mirror the complexities of urban societies: as historic social bonds have weakened and cities have become collections of individuals public open spaces have also changed from being embedded in the social fabric of the city to being a part of more impersonal and fragmented urban...

   Published December 22nd 2009 by Routledge
4. Designing the City of Reason

   Foundations and Frameworks

   By Ali Madanipour

   With a practical approach to theory, Designing the City of Reason offers new perspectives on how differing belief systems and philosophical approaches impact on city design and development, exploring how this has changed before, during and after the impact of modernism in all its rationalism....

   Published March 26th 2007 by Routledge
5. Public and Private Spaces of the City

   By Ali Madanipour

   The relationship between public and private spheres is one of the key concerns of the modern society. This book investigates this relationship, especially as manifested in the urban space with its social and psychological significance. Through theoretical and historical examination, it explores how...

   Published March 12th 2003 by Routledge
6. Social Exclusion in European Cities

   Processes, Experiences and Responses

   Edited by Judith Allen, Goran Cars, Ali Madanipour

   Series: Regions and Cities

   Across Europe concern is rising over the disintegration of social relations and the growing number of people who are being socially excluded. social Exclustoin in European Cities, the first major study of this topic, provides a definition of social exclusion and looks at both the processes which...

   Published April 24th 1998 by Routledge