“Introduction,” “The Changing Nature of Public Space in City Centres,” and “Whose Public Space?”

2013 ◽  
pp. 463-478
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
City Centres

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.

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

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.

scholarly journals Social differentiation in the area of Prague subcentres

Geografie ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 112 (3) ◽  
pp. 266-291
Author(s):  
Jan Polívka
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Local Environment ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Urban Society ◽  
City Centre ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
The City ◽  
City Centres

On the example of three Prague subcentres Budějovická, Pankrác and Smíchov this paper analyses the structure of socially stratified environment of secondary city centres in Prague. The development is discussed within the context of requirements upon the public space in the stage of tertiarization and post-socialist transformation of the urban society. The influx of investments into the local environment of city centres is changing the space patterns and causes changes in the social structure of users. As result, the area of centres is split into functional entities with different social constituency. An active role of public administration is important for preservation of city-centre functionality for most inhabitants of the city.

Public space in the old derelict city area – a case study of Mong Kok, Hong Kong

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlie Q L Xue ◽  
Kevin K Manuel ◽  
Rex H Y Chung
Keyword(s):  
Hong Kong ◽  
Public Space ◽  
City Area
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