Public and Private Spaces of the City

The relationship between public and private spheres is one of the key concernsof the modern society. This book investigates this relationship especially asmanif... » 

The relationship between public and private spheres is one of the key concernsof the modern society. This book investigates this relationship especially asmanifested in the urban space with its social and psychological significance.Through theoretical and historical examination it explores how and why thespace of human socities is subdivided into public and private sections. Itstarts with the private interior space of the mind and moves step by stepthrough the body home neighborhood and the city outwards to the most publicimpersonal spaces exploring the nature of each realm and their complexinterdependent realtionships.Architects urban planners and designers architectural historians will findthis book to be thought provoking and stimulating. «