The improvisional city: Valuing urbanity beyond the chimera of permanence

Irish Geography

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 37-68

  Till, Karen E ^a   McArdle, Rachel ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Dublin; Granby park; Improvisional city; Interim use; Ireland; Pop up parks; Temporary use; Upstart; Use value

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; LAND USE; NEIGHBORHOOD; PUBLIC SPACE; RESEARCH WORK; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN ECONOMY;

COUNTY DUBLIN; DUBLIN [COUNTY DUBLIN]; IRELAND; LEINSTER;

EID: 84984971145     PISSN: 00750778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2014/igj.v48i1.525     Document Type: Article

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