At the Edge of the City: Reinhabiting Public Space Toward the Recovery of Beirut's Horsh Al-Sanawbar
- ISBN-10
- 9953015376
- ISBN-13
- 9789953015378
- Category
- Parks
- Pages
- 188
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Author
- Fadi Shayya
Description
At the Edge of the City is an advocacy effort collecting historical accounts, featuring multidisciplinary analysis, and providing policy options of and for Beirut's urban park, the once prominent Pine Woods: Horsh Al-Sanawbar. The Book is a collaborative volume departing from the editor's original research on Beirut's park and covering issues of space & place, memory, citizenship, social practices, urban governance, activism, environment, discourse, and design, as related to the park and to Beirut's public space.
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