@article{ref1,
title="The nature of cities and the analysis of their cultural problems",
journal="Tijdschrift Voor Economische en Sociale Geografie",
year="2007",
author="Claval, Paul",
volume="98",
number="2",
pages="153-164",
abstract="Urban geographers had for a long time mainly approached culture through its material aspects. The situation changed with the cultural turn of the discipline. As a result a re-evaluation of the former results was made. The basic concepts of community and society are taking a new significance at the time of globalisation. An increasing attention is devoted to counter-cultures and cultures of resistance. Landscapes have ceased to appear essentially as expressions of urban functions. They play a fundamental role in the assertion of identities: hence the harsh competition for the control of public space. In contemporary urban archipelagos, culture has become a key factor in shaping forms. It often expresses deep conflicts and feelings of frustration.<p />",
language="",
issn="0040-747X",
doi="10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00388.x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2007.00388.x"
}