A robust square: Planning, youth work, and the making of public space in post-unification Berlin

City and Society

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 251-274

  Weszkalnys, Gisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Berlin; Governmentality; Participation; Public space; The social; Urban planning; Youth work

Indexed keywords

PLANNING PROCESS; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN PLANNING; YOUNG POPULATION;

BERLIN; GERMANY;

EID: 76649118785     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: 1548744X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-744X.2008.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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