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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Public Plazas"”.
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Examining the Ecological and Social Implications of Parklets and Plazas Across Multiple Urban Scales
… low-efficiency intersection space into public plazas with a limited range of permanently installed elements and San Francisco has pioneered the concept of the parklet, which converts two to four street parking spaces into a modular and flexible pedestrian space. I seek to answer two …
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The simultaneous museum : a transformation of the exclusive type into a coexistent urban form
… encounters it offers, i.e. green spaces, public plazas. narrow allies, waterfront edges, heavily inhabited districts, privacies, passageways, and so on. With an understanding of this framework, one can conceive of overlaying yet another layer of encounter which exists in simuItaneaity with …
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Research in Public Spaces: Safety and Human Behavior
This thesis is a study of public spaces with a focus on personal safety and human behavior in public spaces. It establishes literature in the realm of public spaces, safety standards, and behavioral research and aims to identify common ground or conflicts between people behavior in public spaces …
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Transactional terrains : partnerships, bargains and the Postwar redefinition of the public realm, New York City 1965-1980
… and urban history of the privatization of the public realm. At the center of the research is New York City during the "urban crisis" years of the 1960s, as the city grappled with issues of civil rights, urban policy, and physical decline. The period saw an ongoing shift in how city and state …
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Factors that Influence the Social Life and Vitality of Public Open Spaces in Maracaibo - Venezuela. Case Study: Plaza de la Madre and Plaza de la República
… in Maracaibo, Venezuela, are two important urban plazas studied from a social perspective, based on the belief that people and their needs should be addressed in public plaza design and renovations. The research problem is based on the fact that many plazas in Maracaibo provide uncomfortable …
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Analysis of the 1966 Summer Olympic Games on real estate markets in Atlanta
… Barcelona and Seoul, that spent many billions of public and private (but mostly public) dollars transforming their city in preparation for the Games, Atlanta relied upon primarily private funds to prepare for the 1996 Games. Public funds were spent for some important infrastructure improvements, …