How do we experience a city in terms of the senses? What are the inter-relations between human experience and behaviour in urban space? This volume examines the

This work explores diverse cultural understandings of food practices in cities through the senses, drawing on case studies in the Americas, Asia, Australia, and

We see the city, we hear the city, but above all: we smell the city. Scent has unique qualities: ubiquity, persistence, and an unparalleled connection to memory

This work identifies an important aspect in the analysis of urban change in the late 20th century by highlighting the significance of the senses in the constitu

Offers an innovative, interdisciplinary approach which opens up new ways of understanding urban culture and space. The author approaches the city as essentially