Cities full of symbols : a theory of urban space and culture /
"Cities are full of symbols that bear the meanings that together constitute urban culture. These interdisciplinary case studies, from Yogyakarta to Leiden and from Buenos Aires to New York, employ urban symbolism theory and a focus on such symbols as the city's layout, statues, street name...
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Leiden, Netherlands :
Leiden University Press,
2011
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Table of Contents:
- 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 Gdańsk, Poland : from regained homeland to multicultural city / Barbara Bossak-Herbst
- Obelisk and axis : urban symbolism of Buenos Aires / Lars Bakker
- A touch of tragedy : pre- and post- Tsunami symbolism in Banda Aceh, Indonesia / Rob van Leeuwen
- Imagining modernity : memory, space and symbolism of the Hague / Jialing Luo
- Urban symbolism and the new urbanism of indonesia / Hans-Dieter Evers
- Kudus and Blitar : a tale of two Javanese iconic cities / Pierpaolo De Giosa
- Jakarta through poetry / Esrih Bakker and Katie Saentaweedsook
- History in bronze : competing memories and symbolic representation in Albuquerque, New Mexico / Eveline Dürr
- The resilient city : New York after 9/11 and the new WTC designs / Georgina Kay
- Conclusion : Feeling at home in the city and the codification of urban symbolism research / Peter J.M. Nas and Pierpaolo De Giosa