ISBN:
9780197543757
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 317 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Karten, Pläne
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Low, Setha M., 1948 - Why public space matters
DDC:
307.76
Keywords:
Electronic books
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Öffentlicher Raum
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Umweltpsychologie
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Soziale Gerechtigkeit
Abstract:
Public spaces are vital to a healthy civic life. Even fleeting interactions in such places tend to expand people's horizons. Sidewalks, plazas, public parks, central squares, and public libraries all enhance public life in unique ways. Yet, as Setha Low details in Why Public Space Matters, we are losing public spaces to urban development and the belief that public spaces are expendable. Just as important is the broad and ongoing corporate privatization of public space. This book explores why public spaces are so vitally important today and what we can do about protecting these essential places.
Abstract:
Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Why Does Public Space Matter? -- 2. What Is Public Space? -- 3. What If Jones Beach Was Not Public? Social Justice and Belonging on Long Island, New York -- 4. Rebuilding a Bridge and a Community: Health and Resilience at Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, New York -- 5. Playing in the Fields of Lake Welch, New York -- 6. Improvising Public Space and the Informal Economy: Sidewalks, Streets, and Markets in Buenos Aires, New York City, and Baguio City -- 7. Green Guerillas, Seed Bombs, and Granite Gardens: Environmental Sustainability and Public Space in Paris and New York City -- 8. Place Attachment and Cultural Identity: Monuments, Parks, and Neighborhood Public Space in San José, Costa Rica, and the Statue of Liberty and Battery Park City in New York City -- 9. From the Winter of Despair to the Summer of Euphoria: Public Space During COVID-19 in New York City (2020-2021) -- 10. How to Study Public Space: The Toolkit for the Ethnographic Study of Space (TESS) in Tompkins Square Park, Manhattan, New York City and Other Strategies -- Appendix. Contact, Public Culture, and Affective Atmospheres: A Theoretical Framework -- Notes -- Index.
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