The private sector and public space in Dutch city centres

Cities ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 202-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rianne Van Melik ◽  
Irina Van Aalst ◽  
Jan Van Weesep
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Space ◽  
City Centres ◽  
Dutch City

Nigeria: Private sector creates a public space

Development ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 99-102
Author(s):  
Cho Khong
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Space

The Involvement of Business Elites in the Management of Homelessness: Towards a Privatization of Service Provision for Homeless People?

2022 ◽  
pp. 107808742110738
Author(s):  
Antonin Margier
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Homeless People ◽  
The United States ◽  
Homeless Shelters ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
Business Elites ◽  
Outreach Programs ◽  
Urban Elites ◽  
Property Owners

Although the influence of local urban elites on urban planning is well established in urban studies and geography, the ways in which business and property owners take part in the management of homelessness has received far less attention. This article focuses on Portland (OR) in the United States as a means of understanding the motivations that underlie the role of the private sector and its impact on public policies. To this end, I focus on the support by Portland's downtown Business Improvement District of homeless outreach programs, and on the funding of two homeless shelters by business elites / philanthropists. I argue that although public authorities have different views on the actions to be taken to end homelessness, business elites often manage to bring initially-reluctant public authorities to support their projects in what might be termed a forced-march cooperation. I also highlight the versatility of the private sector and business elites’ participation in homelessness management, given that the outreach programs they support and the homeless facilities they fund provide services for the homeless while simultaneously removing them from visible public space. In this sense, the involvement of business and property owners is also a way for them to protect their own interests.

scholarly journals AN OPTIMALIZATION OF NATURAL LIGHTING BY APPLYING AUTOMATIC LIGHTING USING MOTION SENSOR AND LUX SENSOR FOR HISTORICAL OLD BUILDINGS

NALARs ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 131
Author(s):  
Saeful Bahri ◽  
Ari Widyati Purwantiasning
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Adaptive Reuse ◽  
Motion Sensor ◽  
Capital Cities ◽  
Artificial Lighting ◽  
Natural Lighting ◽  
Building Maintenance ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
The Cost ◽  
City Centres

ABSTRACT One of the problems that occurs within city centres, particularly within capital cities, is the existence of many historical old buildings. Historical old buildings within city centres, that have abandoned for years because of their condition, suffer from a lack of utilities, infrastructure and facilities [2][3]. These conditions occur because of low levels of maintenance arising as a consequence of a lack of finance of the owner of a building, be they government or private sector. To solve the problem of abandoned historical old buildings, the concept of adaptive reuse can be adopted and applied. This concept of adaptive reuse may continously cover the cost of building maintenance. The adaptive reuse concept usually covers the interior of a building and its utilities, though the need for utilities depends on the function of a building [4]. By adopting a concept of adaptive reuse, new building functions will be designed as the needs and demand of the market dictate, and which is appropriate for feasibility study. One utility element that has to be designed for historical old buildings is the provision of lighting within a building. To minimize the cost of building maintenance, one of the solutions is to optimize natural lighting and to minimize the use of artificial lighting such as lamps. This paper will discuss the extent to which artificial lighting can be minimized by using automatic lighting; the automatic lighting types discussed in this paper are lighting controlled by motion sensor and lux sensor.Keywords: Natural lighting, automatic lighting, motion sensor, lux sensor, historical old buildingsABSTRAK Salah satu permasalahan yang muncul dalam sebuah kota metropolitan, khususnya sebuah ibukota adalah keberadaan dari banyaknya bangunan-bangunan tua bersejarah. Bangunan-bangunan tua bersejarah dalam sebuah kota besar terutama yang diabaikan selama bertahun-tahun biasanya disebabkan karena kondisinya yang menua, minimnya utilitas bangunan, infrastruktur bangunan dan juga fasilitas-fasilitas yang mendukungnya [2][3]. Kondisi ini muncul karena rendahnya tingkat pemeliharaan yang biasanya muncul sebagai akibat dan konsekuensi karena minimnya dana anggaran dari pihak pemilik bangunan baik pemerintah daerah, pusat maupun sector swasta. Untuk mengatasi masalah ini, konsep adaptive reuse dapat diadopsi dan diaplikasikan pada kawasan yang memiliki bangunan-bangunan tua bersejarah ini. Konsep adaptive reuse dapat secara berkelanjutan memenuhi dan mengatasi permasalahan pemeliharaan bangunan dalam hal finansial. Konsep ini biasanya meliputi ruang dalam bangunan dan utilitas yang ada di dalam bangunan tersebut tergantung dari kebutuhan dan fungsi dari bangunan yang akan diaplikasikan konsep tersebut [4]. Dengan mengadopsi konsep adaptive reuse, fungsi bangunan baru dapat direncanakan sesuai kebutuhan dan permintaan pasar sehingga sesuai dengan studi kelayakan yang dilakukan. Salah satu elemen utilitas bangunan yang dapat dirancang untuk bangunan-bangunan tua bersejarah adalah kebutuhan pencahayaan di dalam sebuah bangunan. Untuk meminimalisir biaya pemeliharaan bangunan, salah satu solusinya adalah dengan mengoptimalkan pencahayaan alami dan meminimalisir penggunaan cahaya buatan seperti lampu. Tulisan ini akan mendiskusikan seberapa jauh pencahayaan buatan dapat diminimalisir dengan menggunakan pencahayaan otomatis, dimana dalam tulisan ini akan dibahas mengenai control pencahayaan dengan menggunakan motion sensor atau sensor gerak dan lux sensor atau sensor cahaya.Kata Kunci: pencahayaan alami, pencahayaan otomatis, motion sensor, lux sensor, bangunan tua bersejarah

The sociality of public space broadcasting during media events

2016 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 581-595 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Widholm
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Real Time ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Social Identities ◽  
Ethnographic Fieldwork ◽  
Media Events ◽  
Public Consumption ◽  
London Olympics ◽  
The City ◽  
City Centres

In the last decade, large public screens and globally organized public viewing areas (PVAs) have become increasingly significant elements of media events, expanding the possibilities for mass audiences to collectively watch events together in real time. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork carried out in connection with the British Royal wedding (2011) and the London Olympics (2012), this article explores the ‘sociality’ of public space broadcasting, focusing on interactions and performances of identity by people gathered for collective viewing in the city centres of London, Birmingham and Manchester. The analysis shows that public space broadcasting mobilizes a variety of social identities and performances, spanning from ‘relaxed’ forms of engagement to more fannish articulations of nationality, cosmopolitan hybridity and spectacle participation. Geographical location and structural embedding strategies clearly impinge on public performances within PVAs. The article concludes that the degree of commercialization and presence of journalists and other media professionals are particularly central external drivers of performativity in connection with public consumption of media events.

scholarly journals LA ‘GUERRA DE LAS TERRAZAS’: PRIVATIZACIÓN DEL ESPACIO PÚBLICO POR EL TURISMO EN SEVILLA Y BARCELONA

2021 ◽  
pp. 229-259
Author(s):  
Berezi Elorrieta Sanz ◽  
Miguel García Martín ◽  
Aurélie Cerdan Schwitzguébel ◽  
Anna Torres Delgado
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
High Density ◽  
Limited Capacity ◽  
Tourist Destinations ◽  
Specific Regulation ◽  
City Centres

La ocupación del espacio público para usos privados está generando crecientes conflictos en algunos destinos turísticos urbanos, donde las terrazas se han convertido en motivo de controversia. El objetivo de esta investigación es analizar, de forma comparada, el marco regulador y la ocupación efectiva del espacio público por parte de las terrazas de veladores en zonas turísticas de Sevilla y Barcelona. Una combinación de análisis de contenido y trabajo de campo arroja unos resultados que muestran las limitaciones de las ordenanzas para evitar una elevada ocupación del espacio público, más acentuada en entramados urbanos densos, pero contenida en las áreas que cuentan con una ordenación específica. The occupancy of public spaces for private purposes is causing increasing conflicts in several urban tourist destinations. Concretely, sidewalk cafes (which basically consist of tables and chairs) have become a matter of controversy. This research aims to compare both legal framework and factual occupancy concerning sidewalk cafes in urban tourist areas of two Spanish cities (Seville and Barcelona). Content analysis of the legal framework and fieldwork have been the main methods used. Results point to the limited capacity of city ordinances to restrain the increasing occupancy of public space. This phenomenon is more significant in the high-density areas of city centres but it is tempered in those areas where there is a specific regulation.

scholarly journals PUBLIC VS PRIVATE SECTOR OWNED URBAN PUBLIC SPACE PERFORMANCE IN TERMS OF USER PERCEPTION IN CITY OF COLOMBO

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.M. Fayas ◽  
◽  
M.T.O.V. Peiris ◽  
K.G.P. Kalugalla ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
User Perception ◽  
Urban Public Space ◽  
The Public ◽  
Access Controls ◽  
Publicly Owned ◽  
Privately Owned ◽  
Private Sector Involvement

Public spaces are considered one of the fundamental elements in the urban context to promote leisure and recreation for urban dwellers. Public spaces contain variations within each other from the physical appearance, activities, and to usage factors. Private sector involvement for public space provision was increased in the recent past where public space ownership and access controls were shifted from solely public to private. This was criticized as privatization of public space and lead to debates on the decline of publicness and privacy of space. In this context, this research studied the public space from the user perception by considering publicly owned and operated versus privately owned and operated public spaces within Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is also explored the balance between ownership and access controls to determine the user preference in terms of the publicness features. User defined public space features were identified using 35 semi-structured interviews and 119 online questionnaire surveys. Qualitative analytic tools were used to evaluate the results including Content analysis and Space-shaper models with the support of NVivo software. The results revealed that publicly owned spaces were preferred by the users due to easy access and freedom for activities while privately owned spaces were preferred due to better infrastructure, safety, and security within. Also, it is identified that urban public space offered users the freedom to experience based on the levels of ownership and access controls. Finally, people preferred ownership by public over private sector as anecdotal evidence and values dominated in the public space attributes. This study provides key insights for planners to consider in the public space planning and the importance of private sector involvement and balance in the provision of optimal urban spaces in cities.

scholarly journals Urban Communication: The Uses of Public Space in Riga Historical City Centre

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 100-105
Author(s):  
Uģis Bratuškins ◽  
Sandra Treija
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Urban Space ◽  
Open Space ◽  
Spatial Organization ◽  
City Centre ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Public Open Space ◽  
The One ◽  
The City ◽  
City Centres

Abstract Expansion of cities and their impact areas extend also the semantic boundaries of urban ecentres, while public open space in the city centres maintain attractivity, especially within the medieval cores. The diverse functional processes that satisfy the needs of all users of urban space in general, on the one hand carry the function of circulation or communication, and on the other – relaxation or recreation. Elements of spatial organization and environment planning essential for the realization of each function differ, and depending on which of the functional processes prevails in the particular place, open space acquires either priority of communication or of recreation. The paper focuses on the interests and needs of main groups of users of the historical city centre – Riga Old Town, states availability of adequate space, as well as sets the criteria of high-quality public open space.

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