Urban streets: Epitomes of planning challenges and opportunities at the interface of public space and mobility
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2017.04.012
Abstract: Today's urban streets are usually planned for purposes of mobility: pedestrians, as well as a variety of vehicles such as cars, trucks, and sometimes bicycles, are usually factored into an urban street plan. However, urban… read more here.
Keywords: challenges opportunities; space; urban streets; mobility ... See more keywords
Experiencing research-creation in urban studies. Lessons from an inquiry on the making of public space
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2017.12.017
Abstract: Abstract This paper examines collaboration between artists and social scientists in urban studies. The author was a participant in experimental research commissioned by a new cultural institution, which examined how this institution might participate in… read more here.
Keywords: research; making public; experiencing research; public space ... See more keywords
Spatiality of street vendors and sociospatial disputes over public space: The case of Valparaíso, Chile
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2019.02.005
Abstract: Abstract In recent years street vending or street trading has become a focal point of political agendas throughout cities of the Global South. The literature of street vending tends to develop within two fields of… read more here.
Keywords: street; street vending; public space; street vendors ... See more keywords
Public space and the challenge of urban transformation in cities of emerging economies: Jeddah case study
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2019.102409
Abstract: Abstract Urban planning, design guidelines and new management practices have radically transformed public spaces in many countries. With fresh development decisions, urban spaces change spatially. This may improve places, increasing prosperity and extending expectations of… read more here.
Keywords: challenge urban; public space; space challenge; transformation cities ... See more keywords
Managing public space – A blind spot of urban planning and design
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2020.103032
Abstract: Abstract Managing public space is a big and important blind spot of urban and regional planning and design. Important, because major transition challenges, such as climate adaptation, energy transition, circular economy, mobility, and governance require… read more here.
Keywords: blind spot; space; planning design; spot urban ... See more keywords
Imagining public space robots of the near-future
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DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2021.06.006
Abstract: Abstract In this paper we discuss how people understand robots when they imagine relations with such technologies in near-future settings. We argue that imagination forms an important part of the assemblage of robotic technologies, because… read more here.
Keywords: imagining public; space robots; robots near; near future ... See more keywords
Assessing the effects of metropolitan-wide quarantine on the spread of COVID-19 in public space and households
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2020.05.019
Abstract: Abstract Hubei province in China has completed cycle of quarantine-resumption in 23rd Janauary and 8th April 2020, providing a unique opportunity as for now to assess its intervention impact and the pattern of SARS-COV-2 transmission… read more here.
Keywords: quarantine; metropolitan wide; wide quarantine; spread ... See more keywords
Confronting potential future augmentations of the physiologically equivalent temperature through public space design: The case of Rossio, Lisbon
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DOI: 10.1016/j.scs.2017.10.031
Abstract: Abstract When considering cities such as Lisbon, which due to their Koppen Geiger classification of ‘Csa’, witness hot and dry summers, the translation of local bottom-up knowhow upon climatic guidelines has been a topic of… read more here.
Keywords: public space; space design; physiologically equivalent; case ... See more keywords
Out of place: Socioeconomic status, use of public space, and belonging in higher education.
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DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000248
Abstract: Those from low socioeconomic status (SES) often lack access to public space and, when they have access, they are often discouraged from using public space. Scholars from human geography and related fields have argued that… read more here.
Keywords: space; use public; socioeconomic status; higher education ... See more keywords
Exploring public space through social media: an exploratory case study on the High Line New York City
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DOI: 10.1057/s41289-017-0050-z
Abstract: A public space is a daily life environment for peoples’ social, cultural and recreational activities. Understanding people’s use and experience of urban public space is essential to create a better ground to design and improve… read more here.
Keywords: social media; high line; line new; public space ... See more keywords
Public space in an age of austerity
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DOI: 10.1057/s41289-019-00082-w
Abstract: Through an overview of the decade 2008 to 2017, and looking comparatively across four northern European cities, this paper reflects on the changing nature of public space during these austerity years and on the processes… read more here.
Keywords: space age; paper; austerity; public space ... See more keywords