Cities full of symbols:a theory of urban space and culture

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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Nas P.
Published: Leiden University Press,
Publisher Address: Leiden, Netherlands
Publication Dates: 2011.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
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Carrier Form: 303 p.: ill. ; ; 24 cm.
ISBN: 9789087281250
9087281250
Index Number: TU
CLC: TU-02
TU-80
Call Number: TU-80/C581
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction : Variety of symbols / Peter J.M. Nas, Marlies de Groot and Michelle Schut -- Emotion in the symbolic spectrum of Colombo, Sri Lanka / Michelle Schut, Peter J.M. Nas and Siri T. Hettige -- Squares, water and historic buildings : the transforming power of city marketing on urban symbolism in Ghent, Belgium / Rose-Anne Vermeer -- Urban symbolism in Yogyakarta : in search of the lost symbol / Pierpaolo De Giosa -- The changing image of Gdansk, Poland : from regained homeland to multicultural city / Barbara Bossak-Herbst -- Obelisk and axis : urban symbolism of Buenos Aires / Lars Bakker.