O(S) ESPAÇO(S) PÚBLICO(S) NUMA CIDADE DESIGUAL E SEGREGADA

Este artigo analisa os usos do(s) espaço(s) público(s) na vida urbana contemporânea, discutindo sua relevância e sua capacidade de expressar diversidade e engendrar intersubjetividades. Para isso, busca-se discutir a validade das teses que indicam a existência de um processo de diluição/restrição dos espaços públicos, analisando sua dinâmica na cidade do Salvador, Bahia, Brasil, e considerando as transformações urbanas recentes, através de revisão da literatura, coleta de dados secundários e realização de entrevistas com diversos citadinos. O artigo conclui que as transformações contemporâneas vêm favorecendo o avanço de formas de privatização e autossegregação, restringindo os usos dos espaços públicos. Porém, não se pode falar da morte desses espaços em Salvador, uma vez que seus usos sobrevivem, ainda que sejam premidos por seu caráter heterogêneo, desigual, segregado e fragmentado, situação ensejada por processos de privatização e mercantilização, violência e medo, além de diferentes formas de disputas, distinções e competições.THE PUBLIC SPACE(S) IN AN UNEQUAL AND SEGREGATED CITY This article analyzes the uses of the public spaces in the contemporary urban life, discussing their relevance and ability to express diversity and produce intersubjectivities. For that, it discusses the validity of the thesis indicating the existence of a dilution/restriction process of public spaces. Through literary review, secondary data collection, and interviews with city residents, this work sought to analyze the dynamics of public spaces in Salvador before the recent urban transformations in the city. The findings indicate that the contemporary ransformations favored privatization and selfsegregation, restricting the use of public spaces. However, one cannot speak of the “death” of public spaces in Salvador, for their uses survives – although pressed by several factors such as their heterogeneity and inequality, their segregated and fragmented character, and by privatization and commodification processes, violence and fear, forms of disputes, distinctions and competitions.Keywords: Public space. Urban Sociability. Privatization. Segregation. Salvador.LE(S) SPACE(S) PUBLIC(S) DANS UNE VILLE INÉGALE ET SÉGRÉGÉE Cet article analyse l’utilisation des espaces publics dans la vie urbaine contemporaine, en discutant sa pertinence actuelle et sa capacité d’exprimer la diversité et créer d’intersubjectivités. Cela implique discuter la validité des thèses qui indiquent l’existence d’un processus de dilution/restriction des espaces publics, en analysant sa dynamique dans la ville de Salvador, et en considérant les récentes transformations urbaines, par l’examen de la littérature, la collecte des données secondaires et des entretiens avec plusieurs habitants. On conclut que les transformations contemporaines ont favorisé l’avancée des formes de privatisation et d’auto-ségrégation, restreignant les usages des espaces publics. Cependant, ces espaces publics à Salvador ne sont pas mort ; leurs usages survivent, même s’ils sont pressé par leur caractère hétérogène, inégal, ségrégé et fragmenté, situation causée par les processus de privatisation et de marchandisation, la violence et la peur, en plus de différentes formes de disputes, distinctions et compétitions.Mots-clés: Espace public. Sociabilité urbaine. Privatisation. Ségrégation. Salvador.

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Analysis on Building Readable Image of Urban Public Spaces

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.409-410.883 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 409-410 ◽

pp. 883-886

Author(s):

Bo Xuan Zhao ◽

Cong Ling Meng

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

Public Space ◽

Urban Space ◽

Public Spaces ◽

Urban Life ◽

Space Images ◽

Urban Public Space ◽

Good Image ◽

The Public ◽

The City

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.

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The right to live in the city

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy ◽

10.1108/ijssp-10-2014-0088 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 35 (7/8) ◽

pp. 550-564 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Melanie Krebs

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Public Spaces ◽

Urban Life ◽

Social Rules ◽

Content Type ◽

The Public ◽

Official Control ◽

New Research ◽

The Right ◽

The City

Purpose – Moral values and behavioural codes that governed the urban life and the appropriation of urban spaces changed significantly in Baku over the last two decades leading to conflicts over the right behaviour in the city and about the question who has the right to set the rules in public spaces. The purpose of this paper is to explore the current political as well as social rules that govern the public spaces in Baku and how they are discussed in order that the city should appear “European” in contrast to “oriental”. Design/methodology/approach – The author focuses on everyday practices of people acting in the public sphere, how they use the space and which discussions emerge around different behaviour in public places. The paper is based on observations and interviews the author made between August 2010 and May 2012. Findings – The paper shows new ways of appropriation of public space and dealing with social as well as official control. Originality/value – The paper presents new research on a quickly changing post-Soviet city.

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Activating Data through Eco-Didactic Design in the Public Realm: Enabling Sustainable Development in Cities

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13084577 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 4577

Author(s):

Carmela Cucuzzella ◽

Morteza Hazbei ◽

Sherif Goubran

Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Public Space ◽

Knowledge Exchange ◽

Public Spaces ◽

Public Realm ◽

Design Data ◽

Art And Design ◽

The Public ◽

Community Based Design ◽

The City

This paper explores how design in the public realm can integrate city data to help disseminate the information embedded within it and provide urban opportunities for knowledge exchange. The hypothesis is that such art and design practices in public spaces, as places of knowledge exchange, may enable more sustainable communities and cities through the visualization of data. To achieve this, we developed a methodology to compare various design approaches for integrating three main elements in public-space design projects: city data, specific issues of sustainability, and varying methods for activating the data. To test this methodology, we applied it to a pedogeological project where students were required to render city data visible. We analyze the proposals presented by the young designers to understand their approaches to design, data, and education. We study how they “educate” and “dialogue” with the community about sustainable issues. Specifically, the research attempts to answer the following questions: (1) How can we use data in the design of public spaces as a means for sustainability knowledge exchange in the city? (2) How can community-based design contribute to innovative data collection and dissemination for advancing sustainability in the city? (3) What are the overlaps between the projects’ intended impacts and the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Our findings suggest that there is a need for such creative practices, as they make information available to the community, using unconventional methods. Furthermore, more research is needed to better understand the short- and long-term outcomes of these works in the public realm.

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Reconceptualizing the Public Spaces of New Urban Areas in Hanoi: The End or the New of Public-Making?

International Journal of Sustainable Construction Engineering Technology ◽

10.30880/ijscet.2021.12.01.026 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Minh-Tung Tran ◽

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Tien-Hau Phan ◽

Ngoc-Huyen Chu ◽

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...

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Urban Areas ◽

Public Spaces ◽

The Public ◽

Doi Moi ◽

The World ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship ◽

The City ◽

Neighborhood Level

Public spaces are designed and managed in many different ways. In Hanoi, after the Doi moi policy in 1986, the transfer of the public spaces creation at the neighborhood-level to the private sector has prospered na-ture of public and added a large amount of public space for the city, directly impacting on citizen's daily life, creating a new trend, new concept of public spaces. This article looks forward to understanding the public spaces-making and operating in KDTMs (Khu Do Thi Moi - new urban areas) in Hanoi to answer the question of whether ‘socialization’/privatization of these public spaces will put an end to the urban public or the new means of public-making trend. Based on the comparison and literature review of studies in the world on public spaces privatization with domestic studies to see the differences in the Vietnamese context leading to differences in definitions and roles and the concept of public spaces in KDTMs of Hanoi. Through adducing and analyzing practical cases, the article also mentions the trends, the issues, the ways and the technologies of public-making and public-spaces-making in KDTMs of Hanoi. Win/loss and the relationship of the three most important influential actors in this process (municipality, KDTM owners, inhabitants/citizens) is also considered to reconceptualize the public spaces of KDTMs in Hanoi.

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Post-pandemic scenarios and design strategies for public spaces transformation

INMATERIAL. Diseño, Arte y Sociedad ◽

10.46516/inmaterial.v6.134 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 6 (12) ◽

Author(s):

Laura Galluzo ◽

Ambra Borin

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Public Spaces ◽

Human Dimensions ◽

Inclusive Development ◽

Design Strategies ◽

Urban Context ◽

Collective Interest ◽

The Public ◽

Key Characteristics ◽

Urban Transformations

Almost two years later of a pandemic condition, one thing is sure: the pandemic will change permanently the world and its systems. Nowadays, the reflection on public space is crucial within a more sustainable and inclusive development at urban scale, amplified also by the ongoing experience of the pandemic that still presents. Public space is a real opportunity to test new urban and social models, thus becoming a principal catalyst for positive changes in the entire urban context. It is therefore necessary to re-establish a relationship between the public space and its inhabitants, providing a system of proximity by highlighting the human and non-human dimensions and consequently connecting services, relationships, and opportunities. Acting in public space is the first step in the development of innovative urban transformations, generated by collaborative phenomena working in the collective interest. The use of participatory practices within the design processes favors the reconnection between people and territory, generating a shared sense of belonging that leads to taking care of one's own places. The reversibility of the intervention and its adaptability are key characteristics that allow experimenting with new ways of experiencing public spaces and responding to unforeseen experiences, thus accommodating the inevitable changes in society. This scientific contribution aims to set forward distinctive points of view on the planning strategies implemented in the pandemic and post-pandemic period to achieve intelligent transformations on a small and large urban scale with an impact from short to long-term; hence shaping the future cities.

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Espaço Público e Shopping Center na Cidade Contemporânea: Novos Significados do North Shopping em Fortaleza - CE

Revista Geografares ◽

10.7147/geo10.1573 ◽

2012 ◽

pp. 128-155

Author(s):

Tiago Estevam Gonçalves ◽

Tatiane Rodrigues Carneiro

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Public Spaces ◽

Shopping Mall ◽

Shopping Center ◽

Shopping Centers ◽

Private Space ◽

The Public ◽

The North ◽

New Meanings ◽

The City

Iniciar uma reflexão acerca da cidade atual nos remete à necessidade de construirmos uma análise sobre os shopping centers como espaços que tem atraído um fluxo considerável da população, ocasionando mudanças na relação dos citadinos com os espaços públicos. Nesta perspectiva, temos como objetivo analisar o North Shopping, localizado na cidade de Fortaleza, como um espaço de uso popular onde as camadas de menor poder aquisitivo podem adentrar e usufruir de seus atributos. Imbuídos de tal finalidade nosso aporte teórico fundamentou-se em Pintaudi (1992), Dantas (1995), Silva (1996) Lefebvre (1999), Carlos (2001), Gomes (2002) e Serpa (2007). Conclui-se que na cidade de Fortaleza, o North Shopping é um verdadeiro simulacro da realidade, substituindo as experiências cotidianas dos espaços públicos, configurando-se, assim, a supervalorização do espaço privado que se traveste de público tendo repercussões na nova urbanidade fortalezense. Public Space and Shopping Mall in the Contemporary City: New Meanings of North Shopping in Fortaleza/CE Abstract Start a discussion about the current city us the need to build an analysis on malls as spaces that have attracted a considerable flow of people, causing changes in the relationships of the townspeople with the public spaces. In this perpective, we have to anlyze the North Shopping, located in Fortaleza, as a space where the popular use of lower purchasing power can enter and enjoy its atributes. Imbued with this purpose our theoretival approach was bases on Pintaudi (1992), Dantas (1995), Silva (1996) Lefebvre (1999), Carlos (2001), Gomes (2002) e Serpa (2007). It’s concluded that in the city of Fortaleza, the North Shopping is a true simulation of reality, replacing the daily experiences of public spaces, becoming thusovervaluation of private space of public who dresss as having impact on new fortaleza’s urbanity. Espacio Público y Centro Comercial en Ciudad Contemporánea: Nuevos Sentidos del North Shopoing en la Fortaleza/CE ResumenIniciar uma reflexión acerca de la actual ciudad nos recuerda la necesidad de construir um análisis acerca de los centros comerciales como espacios que han atraído um flujo considerable de personas, provocando câmbios en la relación de los habitantes de la ciudad com los espacios públicos. Em esta perspectiva, tenemos que analisar el North Shopping, que se encuentra en Fortaleza, como um espacio de uso popular donde lãs camadas de menor poder adquisitivo pueden entrar y disfrutar de sus atributos. Imbuido de esa finalidad nuestro aporte teórico se fundamento em: Pintaudi (1992), Dantas (1995), Silva (1996) Lefebvre (1999), Carlos (2001), Gomes (2002) y Serpa (2004). Se puede concluir que en la ciudad de Fortaleza el North Shopping es uma verdadera simulación de la realidad, sustituición de las experiencias diárias de los espacios públicos, convertiéndose, asó, la sobrevaluación del espacio privado que se passa por el público tenendo impactos en la nueva urbanidad de Fortaleza.10.7147/GEO10.1573

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Successful Attractions of Public Space through Users Perception

Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal ◽

10.21834/e-bpj.v1i2.268 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 188

Author(s):

Maimunah Ramlee ◽

Dasimah Omar ◽

Rozyah Mohd Yunus ◽

Zalina Samadi

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Publishing House ◽

Public Spaces ◽

Urban Public Space ◽

The Public ◽

Site Survey ◽

Behavioural Patterns ◽

International Publishing ◽

The City ◽

Main Attraction

The success of the revitalization program of urban public space is viewed through attractions that have been identified. This study aims to investigate the perception of users in public space through the on-site survey. In summary, the motivations, behavioural patterns, impressions on the public space as an attraction and the perceived importance of urban public spaces in the development of the city are important attraction for successful public space. The findings of this study will show main attraction in successful revitalization of urban public space based on users perception and can be used in a meaningful way to the users.© 2016. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.Keywords: Public space; successful attraction; users perception; revitalization

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Ruptured space and spatial estrangement: (Un)making of public space in Kathmandu

Urban Studies ◽

10.1177/0042098017727689 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 55 (12) ◽

pp. 2780-2800 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Urmi Sengupta

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Civil Wars ◽

Open Space ◽

Physical Space ◽

Public Spaces ◽

Cultural Economic ◽

The Public ◽

Common Notion ◽

The Common ◽

The City

Public space is increasingly recognised to be central to spatial discourse of cities. A city’s urbanism is displayed in public spaces, representing a myriad of complex socio-cultural, economic and democratic practices of everyday life. In cities of the Global South, especially those with nascent democracies, different values attached to a space by various actors – both material and symbolic – frame the contestation, making the physical space a normative instrument for contestation. Tundikhel, once believed to be the largest open space in Asia, is an important part of Kathmandu’s urbanism, which has witnessed two civil wars popularly known as Jana Andolans, and the subsequent political upheavals, to emerge as the symbolic meeting point of the city, democracy, and its people. The paper argues that the confluence of the three modalities of power – institutionalisation, militarisation and informalisation – has underpinned its historical transformation, resulting in what I call ‘urban rupturing’: a process of (un)making of public space, through physical and symbolic fragmentation and spatial estrangement. The paper contends that unlike the common notion that public spaces such as Tundikhel are quintessentially public, hypocrisy is inherent to the ‘publicness’ agenda of the state and the institutional machinery in Kathmandu. It is an urban condition that not only maligns the public space agenda but also creeps into other spheres of urban development.

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Attributes of Successful Public Spaces through Users Perception

Asian Journal of Quality of Life ◽

10.21834/ajqol.v3i11.118 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 3 (11) ◽

pp. 21

Author(s):

Maimunah Ramlee ◽

Dasimah Omar ◽

Rodzyah Mohd Yunus ◽

Zalina Samadi

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Publishing House ◽

Public Spaces ◽

Urban Public Space ◽

The Public ◽

Site Survey ◽

Behavioural Patterns ◽

International Publishing ◽

The City ◽

Open Access Article

The success of the revitalization program of urban public space is viewed through attributes that have been identified. This study aims to investigate the perception of users in public space through the on-site survey. In summary, the motivations, behavioural patterns, impressions on the public space as an attraction and the perceived importance of urban public spaces in the development of the city are important attributes for successful public space. The findings of this study will show main attributes in successful revitalization of urban public space based on users perception and can be used in a meaningful way to the users. Keywords: Public space; successful attributes; users perception; revitalization eISSN 2398-4279 © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-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) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. https://doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v3i11.118

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Urban Public Space of a Small City and the Needs of Residents in Realizing Practices of Socio-Cultural Interaction

Bulletin of Science and Practice ◽

10.33619/2414-2948/50/41 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 325-335

Author(s):

V. Petrova ◽

V. Dvoinev

Keyword(s):

Public Space ◽

Urban Space ◽

Social Life ◽

Public Spaces ◽

Urban Life ◽

Sociological Research ◽

Cultural Interaction ◽

Sociological Study ◽

Urban Public Space ◽

The City

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.

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