Writings on CITIES Henri Lefebvre TranslaatnedEd d itbeyd ELEONORKEO FMANA ND ELIZABELTEHB AS •b Blackwell Publishing WritinognsC ities 'Toour m otheRrasc,hK eolfm aann Fde rnandLee motnuo.' WritionngC si ties HENRIL EFEBVRE Selecttreadn,s laantdei dn trodubcye d EleonoKroef maann dE lizabLeetbha s II] BLACI<WELL Publishers Englitransshl atioInn,t rodiouncan td editoriaralran gement copyrigh0t E leonoKroefm an and ElizabethL ebas,1 996 Englitsrhan slatfiirsotnp ublish1ed9 96 Reprint1e9d9 61,9 971,9 99,2000 Blackwell Publishers Ltd I0 8C owlye Road OxforOd X4 IJF,U K BlackwePlulb lishIenrcs 350M ainS treet Malden, Massach0u2s1e84t, tsU SA Allri ghtsr eserveEdx.c epfto rth e quotatoifos nh onp assagefso rt hep urposes ofc riticiansdm r evienwo,p an ofth isp ublicamtaiyob ne r eproducsteodr,e d ina retrievasly stemo,r tran smined,i nan y form orb yan y means,e lectronic, mechanicaplh,o tocopyirnegco,r dionrgo therwisew,i thoutth ep rioperrm ission oft hep ublis.h er Excepitnth e UniteSdt atoefsA merica,t hiboso k isso lds ubjetcotht e condition thaitts halln otb,y w ayo ftr adeo ro therwise,be lenrt,e -sohlidr,e odu to,r otherwisec irculawtiethdo uthte publishperiro'rcso nsenti nan y form ofb inding orc oveort hethran thaitnw hiciht i sp ublisanhde dw ithoaus ti milcaro ndition includthiinsgc onditbieoinn igm posedo nth e subsequepnutr chaser. BritiLsihb raCrya taloguiinngP ublicatDiaotna A CIPc atalogrueec orfdo rth isb ooki sa vailafrbolmeth e BritisLhi brary Libraoryf C ongreCsast alogiinnP gu blicatDiaotna LefebvHreen,r iI9, 0 5- Writinognsc ities/HenLreif ebvserlee;c tedtran,s latedan,d introducbeyd EleonoKroef manan d ElizabethL ebas. p. em. Translatefrdo mth e French. Includbeisb liograprheifrceealn ceansd index. ISBN �31-19187--9 ISBN �31-19188-7( pbk) I.C itianeds townsI..K ofman,E leonorIIe.L. e bas,E lizabeth.I llT.i tle. HTIS3.L34S 1996 95-12470 307.70-dc20 CIP Typesebty Pu reT echC orporatiPoonn,d icheInyn,d ia Printeandd boundi nG reat Britain by by MBPooGk s Ltd, BodminC,o rnwall Thisbo ok isp rintoedn a cid-frpeaepe r Contents Acknowledgements VII PARTI INTR ODUCTION 1 LositnT r anspsoit-iToinem,S paacnetd h Cei ty 3 PARTI IR IGHTT O THE CITY 2 Prfecae 63 3 Indturasizlaitioannd U rbazatnoiin 65 4 Philoopshayn tdh Cetyi 86 5 FramgentyaS crineceasn Udr baRnea lity 94 6 Philsoophofyt hCei tya nPdal nngiI nedology 97 7 The Specificoiftty h Cei ty 100 8 Contiietnsiau nDdi csonitniuties 104 9 LevelofsR ealaintAdyn a lysis 111 10 Towna nCdo nutry 118 11 Aruontdh Ceri tliP coiant 122 12 OnU rbaFnor m 133 13 SpectrlaA nasliys 139 Vi CONTENTS 14T heR ighttoth eC ity 174 15P epresctiPvreo sopvree c?t i 106 16T he aRielzatoifPoh inol sophy 157 17T heseosnt hCeit yt,h Uer baann Pdl nanign 177 PARTI ISIP ACEA ND POLillCS 18I tnrotidounc 158 19I nisttuntsii nao' Poeshctn-ootglciaSlo'ic ety 198 PARTIV INTERVIEWS 20 NoS alvaatwiaofynr o m Ctehneet? r 205 21T heU rbainn Q uestion 209 PARTV ELEMENTSO F RHYTHMANAL YSIS 22 Seefnor mt hWei ndow 219 23 Rhymtahnlayisosf M editerCriatnieeasn 228 Inedx 241 Acknowledgements We woulldi kteot hanaklt lh owsheo g avues t hetiirm aen dh ospi taliwtyh,i cehn abluestd o d eepoeunru nderstaonfLd ienfge bvre's idesa,h irse latiownisthahir pcsh ituercbtsa,n ainsdit nst ellehcitsu als, influienFn rcaen acnedn, o lte atshtie,m proifnht ip se rsonoanlh iitsy thinkTihnagn.ak lss toot howsiet whh omw ed iscugsesneedir saslu es raisientd h Ien troduction. Inp articuwleaw ro ulldi kteom entioRno lanCads ot,rK atherine CoiJte,a n-PiGearrnrieAe nrt,o iHnaeu monRte,m iH essA,r melle LefebvJreea,n -PierreC aLtehfeerLbievnfreee b,vR reeg-ulJieeardn,e MatelaMearkea,n R afadtHjeonur,Ri a ymonSde,r gRee naudie, ChristSicahnm iTdh.e b ooskhelvoefPs a scBaull eaonnd P atrice Cotenssuiggne sstoemdm eu cahp preciaantdne odot,b vioruesa,d ing. Spectihaalkn st oF inBna rnofwo rre aditnhgeI ntroduacntdi on LouiCsoet e-Rfeoahrde irn valucaobrlree cotfai lotlnr sa nsolnast.i Wew ouladl so tloti hkaenM ki ddleUsneixv erasnidNty o ttingham TrenUtn iverfsoifrti yn anhceilaapnl d s abbatiacnadtl hsCe,e ntdree RecherscuhIre' HabNiatnatte,wr hreer,Ee l eonore sKpoefpnmatar nt ofh esra bbatical. We woulldi kteot hantkh ef oolwlincgo pyright frohpe orlders misstiootn r ansalnadrt eep roduce amsfa toelrl:ioA awnlst,h rofpoors permistsoit roann sLleaD treo aiI taV ilClaet.he rLienfee bRvergeu- liferorp ermistsoit orna ns'lEastsdeae ri y thmandaelvsyi sleml ees diterranEseepnanceTeses'm ;p3 s31 ,9 80p,p 1. 7-19f opre rmistsoi on transLleafteeb varret'i'scH losedr uc entproei,dn ets al?u;'Et ditions Syllefpopsree r mistsoti roann s'lVautdeee I af enetcrhea'p,t3 fe rro m HenrLie febvErleem'esn dtesR ythmasnaeIl.nty rdoucotnai Iac on naiscseda enryst hemsS.o ciFertaen \faio'sreL 'Urbeanqi une stion' 331,98 9,p p4 4-7.
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