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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457221703321

Titolo

Whose public space? : international case studies in urban design and development / / edited by Ali Madanipour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-135-17334-6

1-282-50355-3

9786612503559

0-203-86094-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MadanipourAli

Disciplina

711/.55

Soggetti

Public spaces - Social aspects

City planning

Sociology, Urban

Human territoriality

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Chapter 1 Introduction; Part I The changing nature of public space in city centres; Chapter 2 Less public than before? Public space improvement in Newcastle city centre; Chapter 3 Youth participation and revanchist regimes: Redeveloping Old Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne; Chapter 4 Can public space improvement revive the city centre? The case of Taichung, Taiwan; Chapter 5 Change in the public spaces of traditional cities: Zaria, Nigeria; Part II Public space and everyday life in urban neighbourhoods

Chapter 6 Marginal public spaces in European citiesChapter 7 Gating the streets: The changing shape of public spaces in South Africa; Chapter 8 Public spaces within modern residential areas in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Chapter 9 The design and development of public open spaces in an Iranian new town; Chapter 10 Making public space in low-income neighbourhoods in Mexico; Chapter 11 Co-production of public space in Nord-Pas-de-Calais: Redefinition of social meaning; Chapter



12 Whose public space?; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Public spaces mirror the complexities of urban societies: as historic social bonds have weakened and cities have become collections of individuals public open spaces have also changed from being embedded in the social fabric of the city to being a part of more impersonal and fragmented urban environments. Can making public spaces help overcome this fragmentation, where accessible spaces are created through inclusive processes? This book offers some answers to this question through analysing the process of urban design and development in international case studies, in which the changing char