Climate shelters are critical urban infrastructures to support adaptation to extreme weather.
They offer spaces–eg, parks, libraries, and civic centers–where residents can take refuge …

To better understand injustice in our cities, and to understand how vulnerability to impacts of
climate change is constructed, scholars have noted that we need to incorporate multiple …

Planning has been ineffective at addressing women's fear of violence and violence against
women in part because of the false public/private divide. This divide is parallel and mutually …

A comparison of social impact categorisation in strategic planning across European Union
Member States shows that Sweden neither categorises nor breaks down categories of social …

Encounters between strangers, as different users of public spaces, are one of the core
subjects for discussion in relation to orders in the public space. The empirical material …

This article discusses how professionals understand the theory and practice of children's
participation in physical planning processes. Drawing on group discussions between …

Cities are places of social interaction. Some social interactions–such as being a victim of
crime–are unpleasant experiences. Even if there is no such thing as a place free of crime …

We explore the participation levels of NIMBY ('Not In My Backyard') proponents versus other
voices at public hearings San Francisco, a city with an exceptionally dire housing crisis …

Current planning practices have largely neglected the needs of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
and Transgender (LGBT) community for safe urban spaces in which to live, work, and play …

Purpose‐This study aims to develop a new insight (focused on residents) into the
measurement of place attachment, self-esteem, self-efficacy and perceived happiness, in …