02310nam a2200349 a 4500001001200000003000800012006001900020007001500039008004100054010001700095020001500112020001800127020002700145040002100172035002100193050002400214245011800238260006300356300002600419504005100445520097800496533015201474650003101626650003001657650003001687650002401717650003501741655002901776700001201805710001701817856012601834ebr10537729CaPaEBRm        u        cr cn|||||||||110921s2011    ne a    sb    001 0 eng d  z  2012387559  z9087281250  z9789087281250  z9789400600447 (e-book)  aCaPaEBRcCaPaEBR  a(OCoLC)78137810114aNA2500b.C58 2011eb00aCities full of symbolsh[electronic resource] :ba theory of urban space and culture /cedited by Peter J.M. Nas.  aLeiden, The Netherlands :bLeiden University Press,c2011.  a303 p. :bill. 24 cm.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aCities 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 names and popular culture. This book examines design proposals that show symbolic handling of the 9/11 attack on New York, the disaster symbolism of the ship washed ashore by the tsunami in Banda Aceh, and the design of the symbol of the city of Cape Town derived from a remnant of Dutch colonial architecture, or the mass pilgrimage to Elvis's Graceland in Memphis. 'Cities Full of Symbols' develops urban symbolic ecology and hypercity approaches into a new perspective on social cohesion. Approaches of architects, anthropologists, sociologists, social geographers and historians converge to make this a book for anyone interested in urban life, policymaking and city branding.--Cover.  aElectronic reproduction.bPalo Alto, Calif. :cebrary,d2011.nAvailable via World Wide Web.nAccess may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 0aSymbolism in architecture. 0aArchitecture and society. 0aUrban ecology (Sociology) 0aUrban anthropology. 0aCity planningxSocial aspects. 7aElectronic books.2local1 aNas, P.2 aebrary, Inc.40uhttp://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10537729zAn electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view