IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/sae/envirb/v26y1999i6p879-891.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Why are the Design and Development of Public Spaces Significant for Cities?

Author

Listed:
  • A Madanipour

    (School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, England)

Abstract

Much of the recent interest in urban design has focused on the creation and management of public spaces of cities. My aim in this paper is to explore the nature and role of public space and its significance for cities today. I look at how the promotion of public space is, on the one hand, a concern for social and functional integration in response to social and spatial segregation of cities and the privatization of public space and, on the other hand, a vehicle of marketing localities and consuming places, all leading to multiple representations and meanings. I argue that it is important that the development of urban public space, as part of a larger, often despatialized public sphere, addresses these tensions and contributes to the emergence of an urbanism which promotes social integration and tolerance.

Suggested Citation

  • A Madanipour, 1999. "Why are the Design and Development of Public Spaces Significant for Cities?," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 26(6), pages 879-891, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:26:y:1999:i:6:p:879-891
    DOI: 10.1068/b260879
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1068/b260879
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1068/b260879?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Grazia Concilio & Anna Moro, 2017. "Trading Zones and Public Spaces Transformations the Case of Piazza Leonardo in Milan," Group Decision and Negotiation, Springer, vol. 26(5), pages 933-951, September.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:26:y:1999:i:6:p:879-891. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: SAGE Publications (email available below). General contact details of provider: .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.