The quality of neglection

23/10/2005 - Comments Off on The quality of neglection by Michel van den Bogaard - Blog, Featured

Introduction
Cities, especially big cities and metropoles, are involved in processes of globalization. They are the most important scenes of current technological, economical and cultural transformations. An important feature in this context is the influence of an ever growing number of migrants, tourists, investors, and developers in cities today. These developments have a big influence on public spaces. Large scale developments like; highways, industrial areas, shopping malls, sports facilities, residential areas, theme parks, airports, harbors, etc. are influencing the contemporary city.
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