Sidewalk city : remapping public space in Ho Chi Minh City /
Annette Miae Kim.
- ix, 252 pages :
1. Seen and Unseen: Ho Chi Minh City's Sidewalk Life -- 2. Tropical Paris and Chinatown: The History and Resilience of Ho Chi Minh City's Sidewalks -- 3. Looking Again: Power and Critical Cartography -- 4. Mapping the Unmapped: Mixed-Use Sidewalk Spaces -- 5. Drawing New Lines on the Pavement: Street Vendors and Property Rights in Public Space -- 6. The Tourist Map: Altering Visions of What Sidewalks Are and Could Be -- 7. Reconsidering Sidewalks as Public Space -- Endnotes --
Despite their important sociocultural role, sidewalks have been studied by remarkably few scholars. In this book, the author provides a multilayered case study of sidewalks in a distinctive geographical area. It focuses on Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a rapidly growing and evolving city.