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Tensions Diversity: Spaces for Collective Life Los Angeles
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Tensions Diversity: Spaces for Collective Life Los Angeles
Current price: $65.00
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Tensions Diversity: Spaces for Collective Life Los Angeles
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presents a multi-method comparative study that draws on the experiences of 140 residents of native and immigrant origin, community organizers, and municipal officers in three culturally diverse neighbourhoods of varying income levels in Los Angeles County. Using cognitive mapping analysis combined with data from interviews, surveys, and participant observation, this book explores how exactly coexistence is socio-spatially experienced and negotiated in daily life.
identifies the planning and design considerations that enable intercultural learning in the public places within diverse cities. In doing so, this book foregrounds urban space as an active force in shaping coexistence and convivial public environments.