The Resilient City

The Resilient City
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 391
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ISBN-10 : 9780195175837
ISBN-13 : 0195175832
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Book Synopsis The Resilient City by : Lawrence J. Vale

Download or read book The Resilient City written by Lawrence J. Vale and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing how traumatized city-dwellers consistently develop narratives of resilience and how the pragmatic process of urban recovery is always fueled by highly symbolic actions, The resilient city offers an informative tribute to the persistence of the city, and indeed of the human spirit. --book cover.


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