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Series
Research in urban sociology volume Volume 16
Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
What is the porous city? How could porosity become an urban concept? Well-known authors from the worlds of architecture, urbanism, and landscape design embark on a search for new concepts for a life-enhancing city, with reference to this enigmatic term. The term refers to the overlaying and interweaving of spaces and structures, to urban textures and their architectural properties and qualities -- to cities with radically mixed urban functions.