Carmona, MP;
(2015)
Re-theorising Contemporary Public Space: A new narrative and a new normative.
Journal of Urbanism
, 8
(4)
pp. 373-405.
10.1080/17549175.2014.909518.
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Abstract
The global public spaces literature has been critical of contemporary manifestations of public space on a number of grounds. This article reports on a research project that attempted to gauge the validity of these critiques through an examination of new and regenerated public spaces in London. The article introduces the dominant critiques around public space before outlining the mixed-methods approach used to interrogate them. The key findings from this work are summarised before the nature of contemporary public space is re-theorised in a more avowedly positive and pragmatic manner than is often the case, one that celebrates a return of a public spaces paradigm through tentatively advancing a new narrative and set of normative principles for public space generation. The work concludes that a more balanced view of public space is required, one that recognises the multiple complex types, roles and audiences for public spaces in cities today.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Re-theorising Contemporary Public Space: A new narrative and a new normative |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/17549175.2014.909518 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17549175.2014.909518 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright © 2014 The Author(s). Published by Routledge. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The moral rights of the named author(s) have been asserted. |
| Keywords: | public space, critiques, London, re-theorisation |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Planning |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1434588 |
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