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- No – this is symptom not cause.
- Encroachment of public spaces, private baths etc. Subdivision – of grand houses for multiple dwelling / of colonnaded streets by small traders. Influx of refugees.
- Kennedy – public spaces always under threat unless actively protected by civic authority. Not a shift in attitude towards urban space – just lack of planning!
- Some Syrian towns privatised and reorganised on oriental ‘bazaar’ pattern. Buildings – some areas complete demolition, elsewhere significant remodelling.
- Ward-Perkins – C6 change from sentimental / aesthetic attitude to public buildings to more utilitarian approach – this approach forced by other factors – consider:
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