Ground Control
Fear and happiness in the twenty-first-century city
Anna Minton

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Author(s)

Anna Minton

Publication

London : Penguin Group, 2009

Scope

240 Pages, illustrated, 20 cm.

ISBN

9780141033914

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More and more property in Britain is owned by private corporations, designed for profit and watched over by CCTV. The untested urban planning that is transforming the cities, changes the nature of public space, of citizenship and of trust. Offering some surprising solutions, Anna Minton argues for an alternative, continental approach that celebrates shared space.

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Keywords

surveillance , public space , fear , urbanism

Location

Cabinet 11 - 4: Surveillance ; Veiligheid ; Angst

Remarks

Incl. bibliographical references and Index.