ISBN : 9782296074491
CITY IDENTITY AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE
Cities are historical collections of objects and people, material and social facts, institutions and memories, whose identities across time and space are always contested by the process of change and representations of change. The paper argues that the ability to have some control over the substance, pace and representations of change is essential for a city's inhabitants to have some sense of security in their identity. This would show the significance of a democratic process for managing this change...