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Dec 1, 2022 · In their attempt to “wedge open a more multifaceted politics of public space,” public space was differentiated from private space in four dimensions: rules of access, the source and nature of control over entry, individual and collective behavior sanctioned in specific spaces, and rules of use.
Nov 13, 2017 · Why are public spaces essential for democracy and open society and why it is so important to preserve it? Let me start by referring to the work of Robert Putnam. Robert Putnam is a political scientist at Harvard University who for 20 years was engaged in a detective story.
Apr 1, 2015 · Public spaces are the living rooms, gardens and corridors of urban areas. They serve to extend small living spaces and providing areas for social interaction and economic activities, which improves the development and desirability of a community. This increases productivity and attracts human capital while providing an improved quality of life ...
Mar 5, 2024 · The chapters are mainly centred on the notion of ‘public space’, but are nonetheless divided into four broad topics: public agency and assembly; public culture and norm conflicts; public memory, monuments and art forms; and public transgressions and artistic interventions.
Nov 17, 2022 · What Is Public Space? answers the question from a personal, cultural, and urban design point of view. It begins by defining public space by what it does or accommodates and explores the many ways that spaces are made “public” by people, meanings, and practices.
Jan 1, 2013 · Following a conceptual analysis of the public–private distinction, the paper offers a novel, threefold account of public space; argues that democracy requires a particular kind of publicness not recognised by the commonly accepted definition; and deploys a simple content analysis to highlight the conceptual emphases and absences in planning ...
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Jun 9, 2015 · Public space is inherently political and potentially subversive; it is seen as both the manifestation of reigning political power but also as that of a more inclusive power that can reclaim it temporarily by occupying it for political purposes. Public space is not only instrumental in the social (diversity) education of citizens, it is ...
