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 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.

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

The Governance of Homelessness and Public Space

2021 ◽  
pp. 200-234
Author(s):  
Benjamin Holtzman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York City ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Public Space ◽  
York City ◽  
Public Spaces ◽  
Private Capital ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
To Receive

In 1980s New York City, residents and officials grappled with the extraordinary growth of people experiencing homelessness residing in public spaces. Public homelessness emerged at a time of rising value of public spaces, which finally began to receive infusions of public and private capital after years of neglect—a development homeless bodies seemed to threaten. The city’s seeming inability to stem public homelessness led private sector actors and the quasi-public officials who oversaw the subways and major Manhattan transportation centers where the homeless resided in the greatest numbers to implement more punitive policies as a solution to public homelessness. Buttressed by new legal measures that expanded private sector governance over public space, these tactics ultimately influenced officials’ adoption of similarly aggressive measures toward public homelessness to protect the enhanced value of public space.

scholarly journals La ciudad bajo la lupa. Un análisis del espacio público y los sujetos en relación a los sistemas de video vigilancia

2014 ◽  
pp. 305
Author(s):  
Vanesa Lio
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Video Surveillance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The City ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

  Categoría: Documento Fecha de recepción: 28 de mayo de 2012 Fecha de aprobación: 27 de junio de 2012 Resumen En los últimos años, el uso de Circuitos Cerrados de Televisión (CCTV) para vigilancia, históricamente restringido al ámbito privado, ha evidenciado un desplazamiento hacia el sector público, implementándose estas técnicas en el marco de políticas públicas de prevención del delito y control social. El presente trabajo pretende analizar de qué manera la presencia de estas cámaras y la reproducción de las imágenes por ellas captadas en los medios de comunicación masiva incide en la construcción de una geografía determinada de la ciudad, así como también de los propios sujetos que la habitan. Palabras Clave: Control social, Video-vigilancia, Inseguridad, Espacio público, Sujetos. Abstract In recent years, the use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) for surveillance, historically restricted to the private sector, has shown a shift towards the public sector, being implemented in the framework of public policies on crime prevention and social control. This paper analyzes how the presence of these cameras and the reproduction in the mass media of the images captured by them impact on the construction of a particular geography of the city and its subjects. Key words: Social control, Video surveillance, Insecurity, Public space, Subjects.

scholarly journals La ciudad bajo la lupa. Un análisis del espacio público y los sujetos en relación a los sistemas de video vigilancia

2014 ◽  
pp. 305
Author(s):  
Vanesa Lio
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Private Sector ◽  
Social Control ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Video Surveillance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Palabras Clave ◽  
The City ◽  
Medios De Comunicacion

  Categoría: Documento Fecha de recepción: 28 de mayo de 2012 Fecha de aprobación: 27 de junio de 2012 Resumen En los últimos años, el uso de Circuitos Cerrados de Televisión (CCTV) para vigilancia, históricamente restringido al ámbito privado, ha evidenciado un desplazamiento hacia el sector público, implementándose estas técnicas en el marco de políticas públicas de prevención del delito y control social. El presente trabajo pretende analizar de qué manera la presencia de estas cámaras y la reproducción de las imágenes por ellas captadas en los medios de comunicación masiva incide en la construcción de una geografía determinada de la ciudad, así como también de los propios sujetos que la habitan. Palabras Clave: Control social, Video-vigilancia, Inseguridad, Espacio público, Sujetos. Abstract In recent years, the use of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) for surveillance, historically restricted to the private sector, has shown a shift towards the public sector, being implemented in the framework of public policies on crime prevention and social control. This paper analyzes how the presence of these cameras and the reproduction in the mass media of the images captured by them impact on the construction of a particular geography of the city and its subjects. Key words: Social control, Video surveillance, Insecurity, Public space, Subjects.

On the Precipice: Private-Sector Vaccine Delivery

2006 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 23
Author(s):  
STUART A. COHEN
Keyword(s):  
Private Sector ◽  
Vaccine Delivery
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