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Terms and conditions applyPublic Space - The Management Dimension
Matthew Carmona, Claudio de Magalhaes and Leo Hammond
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Format: Book
Pages: 232
Publisher: Routledge
Date Published: Jun 2008
Stock Code: 58890
Binding: Paperback
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In both the UK and the US there is a sense of dissatisfaction and pessimism about the state of urban environments, particularly with the quality of everyday public spaces. Explanations for this have emphasised the poor quality of design that characterises many new public spaces; spaces that are dominated by parking, roads infrastructure, introspective buildings, a lack of enclosure and a poor sense of place, and which too often seem to exclude the public.
Yet many well designed public spaces have also experienced decline and neglect, as the services and activities upon which the continuing quality of those spaces depends have been subject to the same constraints and pressures for change as public services in general. These issues touch upon the daily management of public space, the coordination of the many different activities that constantly define and redefine its characteristics and quality.
This book examines the questions of public space management on an international stage. They are set within a context of theoretical debates about public space, its history, contemporary patterns of use and changing nature in Western society, and about the new management approaches that are increasingly being adopted.
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