The year of fighting back

摘要

Everywhere on planet Earth the public realm is under threat. Huge swathes of our inner cities are in private hands. Square and parks across the world - who really owns you? And who really cares? Take two cities, as different as can be. Glasgow. Cold, wet, northern, with a gridiron townscape and a shrinking population. Istanbul. Sunny, breezy, southern; Europe's only megacity, growing larger by the hour.