Urban Nightscapes: Youth Cultures, Pleasure Spaces and Corporate Power

Urban Nightscapes: Youth Cultures, Pleasure Spaces and Corporate Power | 2003 | Routledge

Paul Chatterton (Author)
Robert Hollands (Author)

Much attention has been paid to the way urban areas have restructured as a consequence of global forces, however, changes emanating from local powers have been largely overlooked. Chatterton and Hollands help rectify this one-sidedness with their first rate study of nightscapes, the increasing use of space for youth oriented consumer activities. Their empirically based and theoretically informed discussion of playscapes, including the positive role these new spaces of consumption fill in urban revival as well as the problems they pose to adjacent areas, adds something new and interesting to urban studies. This book is highly recommended to all those interested in contemporary approaches to urbanism. Mark Gottdiener, University at Buffalo, USA

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Binding: Paperback
Extent: 288 pages
Format: 23 x 15.6 cm
ISBN-10: 0415283469
ISBN-13: 978-0415283465