scholarly journals Blurred Boundaries and Strategic Surveillance: Regulating Behaviour in Bristol’s Commercialised Spaces

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-95
Author(s):  
Jonathan Fuller

This article explores how models of architecture, surveillance, and ownership define commercialised spaces, and in turn dictate how these spaces are experienced – not only by their users but also by the ethnographer. I argue that the supposedly inclusive and open design of Cabot Circus in the city centre of Bristol, UK, has resulted in a privatised, impersonal and exclusionary shopping centre. Its mode of operation and regulation threatens to encroach on the adjacent publicly accessible commercial area of Broadmead, through events like the Christmas market, which blurs the boundaries between the two environments. By reflecting on the difficulties I faced as an ethnographer when attempting to conform to my expected role in the space as an active and visible participant, I suggest that power has become so deeply embedded in the contemporary shopping centre that an innovative and reflexive methodological approach is necessary to capture the true machinations of the privatisation of urban public space. By directing attention towards recent efforts to privatise law enforcement and regulate visitor behaviour in these reconfigured commercialised spaces, this research also raises more ‘fundamental questions about how urban citizenship and social exclusion are defined’, simultaneously exposing the ‘importance of consumption… to daily urban life’ (Flint, 2002: 66).

2013 ◽  
Vol 409-410 ◽  
pp. 883-886
Author(s):  
Bo Xuan Zhao ◽  
Cong Ling Meng

City, is consisting of a series continuous or intermittent public space images, and every image for each of our people living in the city is varied: may be as awesome as forbidden city Meridian Gate, like Piazza San Marco as a cordial and pleasant space and might also be like Manhattan district of New York, which makes people excited and enthusiastic. To see why, people have different feelings because the public urban space ultimately belongs to democratic public space, people live and have emotions in it. In such domain, people can not only be liberated, free to enjoy the pleasures of urban public space, but also enjoy urban life which is brought by the city's charm through highlighting the vitality of the city with humanism atmosphere. To a conclusion, no matter how ordinary the city is, a good image of urban space can also bring people pleasure.


2018 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Ratnasari Rakhmatulloh ◽  
Imam Buchori ◽  
Wisnu Pradoto ◽  
Bambang Riyanto

Urban land demand tends to keep increasing as a result of economic and population growths. The high intensity of activity will bring changes to land value. The corridors of Semarang - Ungaran and Semarang - Mranggen have significant differences in land values despite being at relatively the same distance to city centre. Similarly, the rate of land price change in these two corridors are also different. The study aims to examine and prove the effect of distance to city centre toward land price in downtown areas by employing statistical correlation analysis and accessibility calculation. The result reveals that distance to city centre has no longer effect land prices. It was found that the farther from the city centre the land prices decreases gradually but increases at road nodes that connect to the trip generation points such as toll road gate, residential area and commercial area or shopping centre.


2018 ◽  
Vol 3 (7) ◽  
pp. 285
Author(s):  
Dasimah Omar ◽  
Maimunah Ramlee ◽  
Rozyah Mohd Yunus ◽  
Zalina Samadi

Revitalization of urban public space is a mechanism to redevelop the public space area in Core Zone, George Town World Heritage Site (GTWHS) in accordance with the development growth and population. This paper discussed the factors of revitalization which are related to urban public space. The objectives of this paper are to analyze the characteristics of urban public space which could effectively be adopted for revitalisation purposes; and how to generate the public space more functional with positive influence on modern urban life. A combination of qualitative and quantitative research method was applied. The recommendations can contribute to improve the planning and management of urban public space in GTWHS, Pulau Pinang.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 325-335
Author(s):  
V. Petrova ◽  
V. Dvoinev

To date, the urban environment is considered as an interesting area of sociological research. Urban space represents a built environment, which includes buildings, streets, squares, parks, embankments, etc. Every day, citizens interact with this public space, build their routes, form impressions and the image of the city, they also evaluate its effectiveness in connection with opportunities for the realization of their needs of socio–cultural interaction. Public spaces are those places where holidays are held, social and economic relations are formed, verbal and non-verbal communications are created. In urban public space take place meetings of friends and acquaintances, the integration of various cultures, social groups with diverse goals, norms and attitudes. Public spaces act as a stage for the social life of individuals when they are a comfortable, accessible and safe environment. The article presents the results of a sociological study of the conformity of public spaces of the city of Vyazma in the Smolensk region with the needs of its population. The study was conducted using observation and interview methods. An analysis of the collected data helped to identify the main purpose of the urban public space as it is seen by the residents, the types of their interactions, to determine the structure, functions and effectiveness, as well as to assess the quality of the content and equipment of the urban public spaces, as well as to identify the most active groups of population and how their activities change in the daily and seasonal cycles. Based on the results obtained, recommendations were developed for improving and developing public space and urban life in general. Recommendations can become the basis for creating design solutions for a comfortable, safe and innovative environment for both small and large cities.


Author(s):  
Rinardy Tanuwijaya ◽  
Rudy Trisno

The existence of transit hubs is a prominent feature of urban life that hold human movement and interaction, which raises the growth of new places for communities, and a third place that was formed naturally. Kebayoran Lama Utara, which located close to a train station, is not spared by this phenomenon. The place becomes unique by flea markets that sprawls among the hub, forming an image for the site, which unfortunately placed where it should not be. It becomes an irony, where a distinctive feature of a place is so potential to be developed, but also becomes the ‘parasite’ of the area itself. Especially with the fact that the site is located in the negative point of the city, but with a lot of human activities. Loka Loak Kebayoran Lama, with urban retrofitting method, aims to develop the area, both within the site, as well as the surrounding and the communities in one system, to fulfill the functions both socially and economically, but also environmentally sustainable. The project also inspired and maximized the surrounding situation, with the use of an abandoned shophouse as a base structure, and the approaches to the urban patterns. Project is designed to be context to the surroundings, but also dynamic. So, the existence of the project doesn’t become the ‘alien’ of the area, but the catalyst, and improves the image of the region. Activities on the project are maximized to be enjoyed by four main groups which are; the merchants, vendees, the locals, and the commuters. Commercial area to gather the buying and selling activities, combined with the education and entertainment programs, which also linked to the supporting functions for the transit activities. These programs make the project can be a place with diverse activities, and also a new public space at a negative point in an active urban area. Keywords: flea market; loka-loak Kebayoran Lama;  third place; transit hub; urban retrofitting  AbstrakKeberadaan suatu pusat transit sebagai tempat perpindahan memunculkan titik-titik baru berkumpulnya masyarakat, yang secara tidak langsung dan spontan menjadi third place baru. Kebayoran Lama Utara, yang terletak erat dengan stasiun kereta api tidak luput oleh fenomena tersebut. Tempat penjualan barang loak yang unik dan membentuk citra menjadi marak di sekitar tapak, yang sayangnya tidak di tempat yang seharusnya. Sehingga ironi, dimana sebuah potensi yang dapat mengembangkan, menjadi sesuatu yang tidak seharusnya. Terlebih tapak merupakan titik negatif yang kurang efektif, namun ramai oleh aktivitas masyarakat. Loka Loak Kebayoran Lama, dengan metode urban retrofitting, bertujuan untuk mengembangkan area tersebut, baik di dalam tapak, lingkungan sekitar, serta masyarakatnya dalam satu sistem memenuhi fungsi baik sosial, ekonomi, maupun lingkungan berkelanjutan. Proyek terinspirasi dan memaksimalkan situasi sekitar, dengan pemanfaatan struktur ruko terbengkalai, serta pendekatan urban pattern sekitar. Bentukan konteks dan teratur, namun dinamis. Sehingga keberadaan proyek dapat menjadi katalis, serta meningkatkan citra kawasan. Kegiatan dimaksimalkan untuk empat kelompok utama yaitu; pedagang, pembeli, warga, dan komuter. Kesimpulan perancangan, adalah Loka Loak Kebayoran Lama, dengan area pasar loak sebagai titik kegiatan jual beli, berpadu dengan fungsi edukasi serta entertainment, yang bertautan dengan fungsi pendukung kegiatan transit. Aktivitas tidak hanya sebatas jual beli, namun juga edukasi dan hiburan. Proyek dapat menjadi tempat kegiatan yang beragam, dan ruang publik baru di titik negatif dalam kawasan urban yang aktif.


2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 61-72
Author(s):  
Maimunah Ramlee ◽  
Dasimah Omar ◽  
Rozyah Mohd Yunus ◽  
Zalina Samadi

Revitalisation of urban public space in Core Zone, George Town World Heritage Site (GTWHS) is a mechanism to redevelop the public space area in accordance with the development growth and population. This paper has discussed the revitalisation factors in creating a great urban public space. The main objectives of this study are : 1) to identify urban public space characteristics which is significantly for revitalisation purposes, and 2) to derive the more functionally public space that fit the modern urban life. A combination of method was applied, including quantitative and qualitative method. It has been concluded that it is important to revitalise urban public space through planning and urban management. Keywords: public space; urban revitalisation; revitalisation strategies eISSN 2514-751X © 2019. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRAcE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) andcE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.21834/aje-bs.v4i12.339


2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 143-154
Author(s):  
Mervyn Horgan ◽  
Saara Liinamaa ◽  
Amanda Dakin ◽  
Sofia Meligrana ◽  
Meng Xu

Everyday life in urban public space means living amongst people unknown to one another. As part of the broader convivial turn within the study of everyday urban life (Wise & Noble, 2016), this article examines outdoor public ice rinks as spaces for encounter between strangers. With data drawn from 100 hours of naturalistic and participant observation at free and accessible outdoor public non-hockey ice rinks in two Canadian cities, we show how ‘rink life’ is animated by a shared everyday ethic of public sociability, with strangers regularly engaging in fleeting moments of sociable interaction. At first glance, researching the outdoor public ice rink may seem frivolous, but in treating it seriously as a public space we find it to be threaded through with an ethos of interactional equality, reciprocal respect, and mutual support. We argue that the shared everyday ethic of public sociability that characterizes the rinks that we observed is a function of the (1) public and (2) personal materiality required for skating; (3) the emergence of on ice norms; (4) generalized trust amongst users; (5) ambiguities of socio-spatial differentiation by skill; and (6) flattened social hierarchies, or what we call the quotidian carnivalesque. Our data and analysis suggest that by drawing together different generations and levels of ability, this distinct public space facilitates social interactions between strangers, and so provides insights relevant to planners, policy makers and practitioners.


2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anita Ratnasari Rakhmatulloh ◽  
Imam Buchori ◽  
Wisnu Pradoto ◽  
Bambang Riyanto

Urban land demand tends to keep increasing as a result of economic and population growths. The high intensity of activity will bring changes to land value. The corridors of Semarang - Ungaran and Semarang - Mranggen have significant differences in land values despite being at relatively the same distance to city centre. Similarly, the rate of land price change in these two corridors are also different. The study aims to examine and prove the effect of distance to city centre toward land price in downtown areas by employing statistical correlation analysis and accessibility calculation. The result reveals that distance to city centre has no longer effect land prices. It was found that the farther from the city centre the land prices decreases gradually but increases at road nodes that connect to the trip generation points such as toll road gate, residential area and commercial area or shopping centre.


2012 ◽  
Vol 253-255 ◽  
pp. 110-113
Author(s):  
Hong Jia Xia ◽  
Zao Liang Gao ◽  
Bao Jun Wang

Viaduct is a kind of new city stereochemistry path, the accessory space of viaduct is different from the traditional two-dimensional road space. Based on comprehensive analysis to the present situation of the space under viaduct in Harbin city centre, from the perspective of urban public space to understand this type of space, used a comprehensive and in-depth summary analysis to the space under viaduct in our city. Put forward the design principle and improvement measures of space under urban viaduct aiming at Harbin, so as to provide theoretical basis in the construction of a scientific and reasonable use of the space under urban viaduct.


2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chenghao Yang ◽  
Tongtong Liu

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the process and result of urban public space regeneration (UPSR) plans in Tokyo's urban center under the guidance of Urban Renaissance. It aims to clarify why public space has a close relationship with urbanization and urban regeneration, and why compact and diverse urban public spaces can promote public life.Design/methodology/approachFirstly, this paper investigated urbanization and urban renaissance in Tokyo, and analyzed the motivation for implementing UPSR from the perspective of urban policy. By on-the-spot investigations and literature materials, this paper introduced urban regeneration measures of Roppongi Hills to Toranomon Hills, and then summarized the similarities and differences between Roppongi Hills and Toranomon Hills by studying them on the basis of contrast.FindingsUPSR had been an important component of the re-urbanization process and an essential method of strengthening urban vitality. Moreover, it promotes the development of polycentric urban structure and the return of population to urban center. First, the UPSR pattern integrating vertical space and street space can form a net-shaped urban life circle. Second, more diversified public activities can serve more varied groups of people.Originality/valueThis paper systematically analyzes the development reasons and process of UPSR project in Tokyo from both internal and external factors, and summarizes the future development direction of public space through the comparison of the two projects, and provides a reference for urban public space renewal in the future.


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