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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"Use of public space"”.
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The form and use of public space in a changing urban context
… settings that adequately serve the function of supporting public life are rare. Sociologists and psychologists have consistently observed the alienating effects of modernity, and of modern attitudes to life, on community and society. It is believed that as a result of these attitudes of …
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The use of public space by foreign female domestic workers in Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur
… This activity change creates a large influx of young, single and lower income female workers from developing nations such as the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia and others into Hong Kong, Singapore and Kuala Lumpur to serve as domestic workers. Because most female domestic foreign workers …
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A Theater for Gallaudet University at Florida Avenue Market
This thesis was inspired by the ingenuity of the inhabitants of the Florida Avenue Market, in Washington DC. Through small scale iterative design solutions and creative use of public space the residents, street vendors, and small business owners in the area have reinvented their urban condition. …
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Strategic responses to the geographical problems of women's fear : a case study of Concordia University's Student Safety Patrol
The purpose of this study is to gain insight into how a university community can best respond to women's fear of crime and its restrictive effects such as self imposed limitations on the use of public space. This investigation draws from feminist geographical research on women's fear of crime to …
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Young girls in the countryside: growing up in South Northamptonshire
Although there has been a surge of interest in a geographical approach to the study of children, there is a pro-urban bias in much childhood research. Childhood is seemingly assumed to be an entirely metropolitan experience; there is a paucity of research on rural childhoods. Few studies have …
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Programmable places : mobile games for improving public space
The public realm is an important element of any city. Urban design theorists like Allan Jacobs have described in detail how public spaces can serve city inhabitants with physical comfort and social amenities. Meanwhile, urban political theorists like Henri LeFebvre have pointed out that public …
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Bangalore-Future Trends In Public Open Space Usage. Case Study: Mahatma Gandhi Road, Bangalore
… to 'Silicon Valley' or 'Garbage City', the city of Bangalore has come a long way. One of the interesting aspects of life in Bangalore is 'public life' and the use of public space. However the quality of public spaces in Bangalore has deteriorated over the years due to several reasons. Rapid …
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Multiple Purposes in Policy Pilots: Interrogating English Experiences with E-Scooters
… low-carbon, mobility, but the rapid spread of rental services has brought concerns over safety, sustainability, and use of public space. Occupying multiple regulatory ‘grey areas’ (Fearnley, 2020, p. 171), governments often had limited powers to intervene. Unusually, rental e-scooters could …
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Mixed use property development and its place in UK urban policy
During the last 20 years, as part of a putative Urban Renaissance, Mixed Use property development has assumed a prominent place in UK urban policy, producing significant morphological and spatial change based on a distinctive vernacular deemed appropriate for the 21st century city, but which …
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O uso do espaço público urbano: função social do Ponto de Cem Réis.
The main objective of the research is to understand the role of public space in contemporary urban, based on the study of Ponto de Cem Réis. The analysis of public space in its multiple dimensions, establishing important connections with the study of the production of urban space, because within it …
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Öffentliche Räume unter Schrumpfungsbedingungen
… to which extend city shrinkage, i.e. decrease of population, economic decline and severe constraints of municipal finances, has got an impact on public space and how local planning authorities provide governance for public spaces under conditions of shrinking as a main field of their …