Title Tensions in diversity : spaces for collective life in Los Angeles / Felicity Hwee-Hwa Chan

Published Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (pages cm.) Contents Cover -- Half-Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction: The Promise and Peril of Los Angeles -- 2 Comparing Spaces of Globalization and Diversity -- 3 Scenes of Diversity in Wealth, Poverty, and Inequality -- 4 Tensions in Diversity -- 5 Boundaries and Local Belongings -- 6 Intercultural Contours of a Diverse Public Realm -- 7 Designing for Collective Intercultural Life -- 8 Conclusions: Conflict and Conviviality in Diversity -- Appendix 1: Demographic Data -- Appendix 2: List of Participants Appendix 3: Interview Questions and Survey -- Notes -- References -- Index Summary "Urban landscapes are complex spaces of sociocultural diversity, characterized by narratives of both conviviality and conflict. As people with multiple ethnicities and nationalities find their common destinies in thriving globalizing cities, social cohesiveness becomes more precarious as different beliefs, practices, ambitions, values, and affiliations intersect in close proximity, producing social tensions. Tensions in Diversity presents a multi-method comparative study that draws on the experiences of 140 residents of native and immigrant origin, community organizers, and municipal officers in three culturally diverse neighbourhoods of varying income levels in Los Angeles County. Using cognitive mapping analysis combined with data from interviews, surveys, and participant observation, this book explores just how exactly coexistence is socio-spatially experienced and negotiated in daily life. Tensions in Diversity identifies the planning and design considerations that enable intercultural learning in the public places within diverse cities. In doing so, this book foregrounds urban space as an active force in shaping coexistence and convivial public environments."-- Provided by publisher Analysis Long Beach Los Angeles belonging cognitive mapping design diversity geography globalization immigration intercultural multi-ethnic spaces multicultural planning public space urban Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 22, 2022) Subject Public spaces -- California -- Los Angeles County Minorities -- California -- Los Angeles County Cultural pluralism -- California -- Los Angeles County City planning -- Social aspects -- California -- Los Angeles County Sociology, Urban -- California -- Los Angeles County ARCHITECTURE / Urban & Land Use Planning City planning -- Social aspects Cultural pluralism Ethnic relations Minorities Public spaces Sociology, Urban SUBJECT Los Angeles County (Calif.) -- Ethnic relations Subject California -- Los Angeles County Genre/Form Electronic books Form Electronic book ISBN 9781487545314 1487545312 1487545142 9781487545147

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