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Urban Identity, Human and Environment

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Identity of Cities and City of Identities

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The previous chapter mainly focused on defining the notion of urban identity and how it is perceived at multiple levels and with various purposes. In this chapter, we follow on the earlier arguments and emphasise on the role of urban identity in urbanism, and particularly in regards to human-environment relations.

We and our cities, just by virtue of being, are a legitimate part of nature.

—Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities, 1960

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Cheshmehzangi, A. (2020). Urban Identity, Human and Environment. In: Identity of Cities and City of Identities. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-3963-3_3

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