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The Atmospheric City

The Atmospheric City

Bille, Mikkel
Schwabe, Siri

Paperback

Series: Ambiances, Atmospheres and Sensory Experiences of Spaces

General SociologyGeographyUnited States Politics

ISBN10: 1032459018
ISBN13: 9781032459011
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Oct 7 2024
Pages: 140
Weight: 0.49
Height: 0.33 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

The Atmospheric City explores how people make sense of the feelings they get in and of urban spaces. Based on ethnographic fieldwork of everyday life in Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm, it focuses on the atmospheric power of people, places, and phenomena.

While the predominant focus of current urban planning tends to rest on economic growth, sustainability, or offering housing, transport, and activities to an increasing number of city residents, this book offers a different take, based on recent discussions in the social sciences about how cities feel. It calls attention to the mundane ways in which urban dwellers adapt and adopt their surroundings. It argues that atmospheric cities are characterised by a fundamental porosity that affects how people relate to places. This highlights why some places are sought after while others are avoided. Through concrete examples of people being in and moving through the city, the book shows how people attune and are attuned by designed urban spaces, often at the margins of attention, when they find comfort in the familiar and seek out the unexpected.

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