Title & Author:

Public space design and social cohesion : an international comparison / edited by Patricia Aelbrecht and Quentin Stevens.

Publication:

New York : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2019.
©2019

Description:

xviii, 355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The making of democratic urban public space in Denmark / Tom Nielsen -- UN Habitat's engagement of residents, refugees and local authorities in a public space design process in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon / Christine Mady -- The streets : a fluid place of social cohesion / Vikas Mehta.
Introduction: From mixing with strangers to collective placemaking: existing theories, policies and practices around social cohesion in public space design / Patricia Aelbrecht, Quentin Stevens and Bobby Nisha -- PART I: Public Space Design, Development and Management Processes -- Top-down projects -- Chapter 1. The Making of Democratic Urban Public Space in Denmark / Tom Nielsen -- Chapter 2. The Marginalised Others: Memorials to non-Jewish Holocaust victims in Berlin's Government District / Mirjana Ristic -- Chapter 3. Social Cohesion vis-a-vis Spatial Division: The Contradictions of Participatory Design / Rebeka Dora Balazs and Dalia Zein -- Chapter 4. The Role of Public Spaces on Social Cohesion and Inclusivity: Metamorphosis of a historic park in Ankara, Turkey / Muge Akkar Ercan and Nihan Oya Memluk -- Chapter 5. A Placemaking Approach to Estate Regeneration Projects: A Practitioner's Perspective / Jane Dann -- Bottom-up projects -- Chapter 6. Bottom-up Public Space Design and Social Cohesion: The case of a self-developed park in an informal settlement of Bogota / Camilo Calderon and Jaime Hernandez-Garcia -- Chapter 7. UN-Habitat's engagement of residents, refugees and local authorities in a public space design process in Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon / Christine Mady -- Chapter 8. Open Green: Placemaking beyond Place-bound Communities in Taipei / ChenYu Lien and Jeffrey Hou. PART II: Post-occupancy evaluations -- Chapter 9. New Public Spaces of Circulation, Consumption and Recreation and their Scope for Informal Social Interaction and Cohesion / Patricia Aelbrecht -- Chapter 10. Visibility of Turkish Amenities: Immigrant's Integration and Social Cohesion in Amsterdam / Ceren Sezer -- Chapter 11. Pop-up Landscape Design and the Disruption of the Ordinary / Susanna Schaller and Sandra Guinand -- Chapter 12. Designing for Difficulty: Agonistic Urban Design / Quentin Stevens -- Chapter 13. Exploring Social Equity in the Park: Design and Management of new city-centre spaces in Sheffield, UK, and Ahmedabad, India / Nicola Dempsey -- Chapter 14. The Street: a Fluid Place of Social Cohesion / Vikas Mehta -- Conclusion: Emerging Knowledge at the Intersection of Public Space Design and Social Cohesion / Patricia Aelbrecht and Quentin Stevens

Summary:

Social cohesion is often perceived as being under threat from the increasing cultural and economic differences in contemporary cities and the increasing intensity of urban life. Public space, in its role as the main stage for social interactions between strangers, clearly plays a role in facilitating or limiting opportunities for social cohesion. But what exactly is social cohesion, how is it experienced in the public realm, and what role can the design of city spaces have in supporting or promoting it? There are significant knowledge gaps between the social sciences and design disciplines and between academia and practice, and thus a dispersed knowledge base that currently lacks nuanced insight into how urban design contributes to social integration or segregation. This book brings together scholarly knowledge at the intersection of public space design and social cohesion. It is based on original scholarly research and a depth of urban design practice, and analyses case studies from a variety of cities and cultures across the Global North and Global South. Its interdisciplinary, cross-cultural analysis will be of interest to academics, students, policymakers and practitioners engaged with a range of subject areas, including urban design, urban planning, architecture, landscape, cultural studies, human geography, social policy, sociology and anthropology. It will also have significant appeal to a wider non-academic readership, given its topical subject matter.

ISBN:

9781138594029 (hardback)
1138594024 (hardback)
9781138594036 (pbk.)
1138594032 (pbk.)
9780429951046 (ePub ebook)
9780429951053 (PDF ebook)
9780429951039 (Mobipocket ebook)
9780429489150 (ebook)

Subject:

Public spaces Design.
Sociology, Urban.
City planning.
Sociologie urbaine.
urban sociology.
Society.

Added entries:

Aelbrecht, Patricia, editor.
Stevens, Quentin, 1969- editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 304927
Call No.: BIB 250663
Status: Available