Urban Appropriation Strategies : Exploring Space-making Practices in Contemporary European Cityscapes
Keywords:
Urban Planning
Landscape Architecture
Urban Activism
Urban Nature
Public Space
Informal Space
Urban Dwelling
Migration
City
Civil Society
Architecture
Urban Studies
Art
Sociology
In the past years, the transiency of European city-making and dwelling has become increasingly hard to disregard. This urban flux calls for a methodological rethinking for those professionals, social and natural scientists, artists, and activists, with an interest in the processes of remaking and reclaiming urban space. With a practical and empirical emphasis, this anthology brings forth a variety of perspectives on urban appropriation strategies, their relation to public space-making, and their implications for future city development, exploring how ideas and practices of appropriation inform and relate to cultural narratives, politico-historical occasions as well as socio-ecological expressions.