Public Places Urban Spaces provides a comprehensive overview of the principles, theory
and practices of urban design for those new to the subject and for those requiring a clear …

Scholars observe an increased involvement of citizens in green space governance. This
paper focuses on green self-governance, in which citizens play a major role in realizing …

Purpose Crowded urban regions pose a complex urban challenge that can adversely affect
urban residents, encompassing aspects like mental and physical well-being, overall livability …

With the urgency to adapt cities to social and ecological pressures, co-design has become
essential to legitimise transformations by involving citizens and other stakeholders in their …

There has been much written about the “privatisation of public space”. This paper explores
and challenges these narratives by questioning whether we have seen a privatisation at all …

Implementing densification while ensuring green space accessibility is a crucial planning
challenge. The powerful role of private for-profit actors densification projects mean that …

ABSTRACT Privately Owned Public Space/s (POPS) is a mechanism to increase provision
of public space, particularly in densely built-up urban areas. The empirical work undertaken …

This paper explores the relationship between crowding and streets as public open spaces in
high-density urban environments from the perspectives of perceived density and human …

Public spaces have long defined the structure of cities and articulated the different private
spaces where urban life unfolds. Over the past decades, profound asymmetries have …

Public spaces, one of the key elements of the urban structure, have always accompanied
major urban changes, with different levels of success. Recently, new forms of space …