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Rights to public space : law, culture, and gentrification in the American West /

This book examines the roles that public space plays in gentrification. Considering both cultural norms of public behavior and the municipal regulation of behavior in public, it shows how commonplace acts in everyday public spaces like sidewalks, streets, and parks work to establish neighborhood leg...

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Main Authors: Langegger, Sig
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink Online service
Published: Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,
Publisher Address: Cham :
Publication Dates: 2017.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Subjects:
Social sciences
Urban geography
Ethnography
Social structure
Social inequality
Area studies
Sociology, Urban
Urban Studies/Sociology
Social Structure, Social Inequality
Urban Geography / Urbanism inc. megacities, cities, towns
Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41177-4
Summary: This book examines the roles that public space plays in gentrification. Considering both cultural norms of public behavior and the municipal regulation of behavior in public, it shows how commonplace acts in everyday public spaces like sidewalks, streets, and parks work to establish neighborhood legitimacy for newcomers while delegitimizing once authentic public practices of long-timers. With evidence drawn from the formerly Latino neighborhood of Highland in Denver, Colorado, this ethnographic study demonstrates how the regulation of public space plays a pivotal role in neighborhood change.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource(xxviii,210pages): illustrations
ISBN: 9783319411774
Index Number: HT101
CLC: C912.81
Contents: D nde Est Highland? .- Public Space and the Rights-Rift .- Rights to Public Space .- Vacant Space -- Temporary Space .- Sidewalk Space -- Street Space -- Park Space -- Coda: Now what?.

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