Skateboarding and the changing city: lessons from the public spaces of Reykjavik

• Main Author: Inkster, Colton
• Other Authors: Oakes, Jill (Environment and Geography), McLachlan, Stephane (Environment and Geography) Bjarnadottir, Birna (Icelandic Language and Literature)
• Format: Master Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: skateboarding; Reykjavik; planning; urban; Harpa; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1993/30291

Skateboarding has become a world-wide phenomenon that has the ability to fit into any culture. Iceland supports a healthy, vibrant skateboard culture. The city itself is young and undergoing many changes presently that have both positive and negative effects on the skateboard community. These redeve...