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Which public and whose space? The understanding of public space as
an arena where individuals can claim full use and access hides a
reality of constant negotiation, conflict and surveillance. This
collection uses case studies concerning the management, use, and
transgression of public space to invite reflection on the way in
which everyday social interaction is framed and shaped by the
physical environment and vice versa. International experts from
fields including geography, criminology, sociology and urban
studies come together to debate the concepts of order and conflict
in public space. This book is divided into two parts: spaces of
control, and spaces of transgression. Section I focuses on formal
and informal surveillance and the politics of control, using case
studies to compare strategies in spaces including Olympic cities,
luxury skyscrapers, residential neighbourhoods and shopping malls.
Section II focuses on transgressive or deviant behaviour in public
spaces, with case studies examining behaviour in nightlife
districts, governance of homelessness, boy-racer culture and
abortion protests. The epilogue concludes the book with an
exploration of possible future avenues for research on public
space, and a critical appraisal of the concept of public space
itself. This interdisciplinary collection will be of interest to
students, researchers and professionals in the areas of
criminology, sociology, surveillance studies, human and social
geography, and urban studies and planning.
Which public and whose space? The understanding of public space as
an arena where individuals can claim full use and access hides a
reality of constant negotiation, conflict and surveillance. This
collection uses case studies concerning the management, use, and
transgression of public space to invite reflection on the way in
which everyday social interaction is framed and shaped by the
physical environment and vice versa. International experts from
fields including geography, criminology, sociology and urban
studies come together to debate the concepts of order and conflict
in public space. This book is divided into two parts: spaces of
control, and spaces of transgression. Section I focuses on formal
and informal surveillance and the politics of control, using case
studies to compare strategies in spaces including Olympic cities,
luxury skyscrapers, residential neighbourhoods and shopping malls.
Section II focuses on transgressive or deviant behaviour in public
spaces, with case studies examining behaviour in nightlife
districts, governance of homelessness, boy-racer culture and
abortion protests. The epilogue concludes the book with an
exploration of possible future avenues for research on public
space, and a critical appraisal of the concept of public space
itself. This interdisciplinary collection will be of interest to
students, researchers and professionals in the areas of
criminology, sociology, surveillance studies, human and social
geography, and urban studies and planning.
In the rapidly expanding public space debate of the past few years,
a recurring theme is the 'loss of publicness' of contemporary urban
public places. This book takes up the challenge to find an
objective way to prove or disprove this phenomenon. By taking the
reader through a systematic and multi-disciplinary literature
review it asks the deceptively simple question: 'What is
publicness?' It answers this by first developing a new theoretical
approach - 'The dual nature of public space', and secondly a new
analytical tool for measuring it - 'The Star Model of Publicness'.
This pragmatic approach to analysing public space is tested then on
three new public places recently created on the post-industrial
waterfront of the River Clyde, in the city of Glasgow, UK. By
seeing where and why certain public places fail, direct and
informed interventions can be made to improve them, and through
this contribute to the building of more attractive and sustainable
cities. By adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to shed light on
this 'slippery' concept, this book shows how urban design can
complement other disciplines when tackling the complex task of
understanding and improving the built environment's public realm.
It also bridges the gap between theory and practice as it draws
from empirical research to suggest more quantitative approaches
towards auditing and improving public places.
In the rapidly expanding public space debate of the past few years,
a recurring theme is the 'loss of publicness' of contemporary urban
public places. This book takes up the challenge to find an
objective way to prove or disprove this phenomenon. By taking the
reader through a systematic and multi-disciplinary literature
review it asks the deceptively simple question: 'What is
publicness?' It answers this by first developing a new theoretical
approach - 'The dual nature of public space', and secondly a new
analytical tool for measuring it - 'The Star Model of Publicness'.
This pragmatic approach to analysing public space is tested then on
three new public places recently created on the post-industrial
waterfront of the River Clyde, in the city of Glasgow, UK. By
seeing where and why certain public places fail, direct and
informed interventions can be made to improve them, and through
this contribute to the building of more attractive and sustainable
cities. By adopting a multi-disciplinary approach to shed light on
this 'slippery' concept, this book shows how urban design can
complement other disciplines when tackling the complex task of
understanding and improving the built environment's public realm.
It also bridges the gap between theory and practice as it draws
from empirical research to suggest more quantitative approaches
towards auditing and improving public places.
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