Download or read book The Impacts of Public Open Space in Private Developments POSPD to Social Interaction and Community Building written by 何善瑜 and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Case for Open Space written by Chris Dunn and published by Parks and Open Space. This book was released on 2019-04-08 with total page 43 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Case for Open Space explores the benefits of private sector involvement in creating, maintaining, operating, and programming parks and open space--ranging from enhanced returns on investment for developers that include open space in their projects to improved community health outcomes. This publication by the Urban Land Institute's (ULI) Building Healthy Places Initiative and ULI's Sustainable Development Council (SDC) incorporates research conducted by ULI staff and SDC members, as well as takeaways from stakeholder interviews--including with ULI members who have developed or supported parks and open space through their project investments.
Download or read book Community Management of Urban Open Spaces in Developing Economies written by Bharati Mohapatra and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Bharati Mohapatra examines the social, functional, physical and emotional aspects of neighborhood Open Space and the attitude of people for community participation in managing the Open Space, as well as development of a framework for community participation by integrating the social, psychological and spatial attributes.
Download or read book Providing Public Space in a Contemporary Metropolis written by Claudio De Magalhães and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2024-06-26 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly, public space provision and management are being transferred from the public sector to real estate developers, private sector organisations, voluntary groups and community bodies. Contrasting the more historical, horizontal character of London with the intense street life of high-rise Hong Kong, this book tells the story of the two cities’ relationships with non-traditional forms of public space governance. The authors consider the implications for the ‘publicness’ of these complex spaces and the challenges and impacts that different forms of provision have on those with a stake in them, and on the cities as a whole.
Download or read book Public Space Design and Social Cohesion written by Patricia Aelbrecht and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Associations Between Public Space and Mental Health in New Residential Developments written by Jacinta Francis and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [Truncated abstract] Mental health is an important public health priority in Australia and overseas. There is now evidence suggesting mental health may be enhanced through contact with nature and the development of supportive relationships. Public spaces are potential venues for facilitating opportunities for social and environmental interaction in ways that improve mental health. Despite growing interest in the built environment s influence on mental health, associations between features of public space and mental health remain relatively unexplored. Empirical studies regarding the quality of public space are particularly lacking. Those that have been published have focused more on physical activity than social interaction or mental health. Few studies have used objective measures of public space quality. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between features of public space, psychosocial outcomes and mental health in residents of new housing developments in the Perth metropolitan area. A social-ecological framework was adopted to investigate the potential demographic, individual, social environmental and physical environmental correlates of mental health. The public spaces explored in this study included parks, community centres, shops and schools. The psychosocial outcomes included social networks, social support, sense of community and sense of place. This PhD forms part of the RESIDential Environments (RESIDE) Project, a longitudinal study investigating the impact of the Department of Planning and Infrastructure s Liveable Neighbourhood Design Code in Western Australia. A mixed-method approach was employed, with data obtained from a cross-sectional survey of RESIDE participants (n=911), focus groups with residents of RESIDE developments, a comprehensive park audit, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). An indicator of psychological distress (i.e., Kessler 6) measured the mental health status of study participants. After adjusting for a range of demographic, individual, social environmental and physical environmental factors, the subjective quality of parks, community centres, shops and schools was positively associated with how frequently people used these spaces. The subjective quality of parks and shops was also positively associated with social network size, social support, sense of community and sense of place. A direct association was observed between public space quality and psychosocial outcomes, with no evidence of mediation by the frequency of public space use. Approximately 20% of survey participants were at moderate to high risk of psychological distress. After adjusting for other significant variables, objective park quality was the only physical environmental factor to remain significantly associated with psychological distress. Participants with medium or high quality parks in their neighbourhood were around twice as likely to report a low risk of psychological distress than participants with only low quality parks. A direct association was observed between park quality and psychological distress, with no evidence of mediation by frequency of park use or psychosocial outcomes. The quantitative findings reflected comments made during focus groups...
Download or read book Community Open Spaces written by Mark Francis and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Measure of Community written by Sridevi Rao, Ph.D and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2016-07-04 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where does sustainable public open space figure in the evolution of a city? This book presents empirical data through the case of Hyderabad (1591-1998) to answer this question, where the efficacy of public open space is explained as a measure of community. The book questions the generalised interpretation of the open space type and its distribution that is presently conceived by planners. The adoption of Sustainable Development Goals by the United Nations in 2015 and Habitat III in 2016 have brought into focus the implementation of SDG in an existing reality in India. Particularly, SDG 11, target 7, which refers to public open spaces and the announcement by the Government of India for developing 100 Smart Cities, brings into focus the need to identify the changes that an open space undergoes as the city ages or develops due to changes in landuse and the community. The identification of popular open space types can point to the location of public open spaces in new development. This book is based on research conducted by the Author for the Doctor of Philosophy degree in 2003 examining the case of Hyderabad, India. The book is also based on Papers submitted in Conferences including the Future of Places III in Stockholm, Sweden in 2015.
Download or read book Urban Open Spaces written by Helen Woolley and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is enormous interest in urban design and the regeneration of our urban areas, but current thinking often concentrates on the built form, forgetting the important role that open spaces play. Urban Open Spaces brings together extensive research and practical experience to prove the opportunities and benefits of different types of open space to society and individuals. Focusing on the importance of open spaces in daily urban life, the book is divided into three sections. The first section describes the social, health, environmental and economic benefits and opportunities that open spaces can provide. The second section discusses the different types of urban open spaces that individuals or communities might use on a daily basis: from private gardens to commercial squares and waterway corridors. The final section provides best practice case-studies demonstrating urban spaces being incorporated in new developments and community initiatives. This is the first book to bring together a variety of evidence from different disciplines to outline the benefits and opportunities of urban open spaces in an accessible way. Not just for students and practitioners, this book will be of value for anyone interested in the design, development, regeneration, funding and use of open spaces in urban areas.
Download or read book Rethinking Third Places written by Joanne Dolley and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2019 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ray Oldenburg’s concept of third place is re-visited in this book through contemporary approaches and new examples of third places. Third place is not your home (first place), not your work (second place), but those informal public places in which we interact with the people. Readers will come to understand the importance of third places and how they can be incorporated into urban design to offer places of interaction – promoting togetherness in an urbanised world of mobility and rapid change.
Download or read book A Regenerative Study on the Impact of Urban Public Green Space Development on Adjacent Neighborhoods and Communities and Its Potential to Contribute to Equitable Neighborhood Transformation written by Theresa Jordan and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The development of public green space in dense urban environments has become a tool for "neighborhood improvement" through leveraging parks as economic growth machines, with the intention to trigger economic impact in the surrounding areas. While economic growth and investment are value creating opportunities for cities and their residents, it is important to acknowledge that exploitive practices and inequitable distribution of economic and social benefits, lead to exacerbating existing wealth disparities in urban areas, which might result in neighborhood change, gentrification, and displacement of marginalized community members. The purpose of this case study research is to explore the impact of two urban greenway projects on the socio-economic and cultural systems of the neighborhoods and communities they are embedded in, in order to understand their role in neighborhood change. Through this inquiry, I examine the High Line in New York City and the Rail Park in Philadelphia, with the goal to learn from the challenges and successes of the projects and understand if urban public green space has the potential to contribute to system regeneration and equitable neighborhood transformation. The results of this research are analyzed using regenerative frameworks; regenerative practices emerged from indigenous worldviews, that understand systems as a whole and prioritize system health when solving complex issues. While acknowledging the value of economic growth resulting from the development of urban public green space, this research proposes that developers must practice meaningful community engagement and neighborhood residents must receive ownership in their communities' appreciation, in order for the development to contribute to system regeneration and equitable neighborhood transformation, and to maintain the cultural and demographic diversity of a place. Instead of viewing equitable development strategies as a service to the community or as a means to retrospectively mitigate the adverse effects of development, centering equity through building community capacity and establishing community ownership, is key. The regenerative approach highlights that granting the community a share of the social and economic benefits that urban public green space development generates, can enable the community to rise with the economics of the neighborhood, and might therefore solve issues of displacement. When capable of creative problem solving, transparency, and a shift in mindset, developers can therefore become participants in a healthier local living economy, instead of an extracting system, which results in mutual benefits that allows all parties to be better off.
Download or read book Place Keeping written by Nicola Dempsey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-21 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Place-Keeping presents the latest research and practice on place-keeping – that is, the long-term management of public and private open spaces – from around Europe and the rest of the world. There has long been a focus in urban landscape planning and urban design on the creation of high-quality public spaces, or place-making. This is supported by a growing body of research which shows how high-quality public spaces are economically and socially beneficial for local communities and contribute positively to residents’ quality of life and wellbeing. However, while large amounts of capital are spent on the creation of open spaces, little thought is given to, and insufficient resources made available for, the long-term maintenance and management of public spaces, or place-keeping. Without place-keeping, public spaces can fall into a downward spiral of disrepair where anti-social behaviour can emerge and residents may feel unsafe and choose to use other spaces. The economic and social costs of restoring such spaces can therefore be considerable where place-keeping does not occur. Place-Keeping also provides an accessible presentation of the outputs of a major European Union-funded project MP4: Making Places Profitable, Public and Private Open Spaces which further extends the knowledge and debate on long-term management of public and private spaces. It will be an invaluable resource for students, academics and practitioners seeking critical but practical guidance on the long-term management of public and private spaces in a range of contexts.
Download or read book Constructing Community written by Jeremy R. Levine and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the benefits and consequences of the rise of community-based organizations in urban development Who makes decisions that shape the housing, policies, and social programs in urban neighborhoods? Who, in other words, governs? Constructing Community offers a rich ethnographic portrait of the individuals who implement community development projects in the Fairmount Corridor, one of Boston’s poorest areas. Jeremy Levine uncovers a network of nonprofits and philanthropic foundations making governance decisions alongside public officials—a public-private structure that has implications for democratic representation and neighborhood inequality. Levine spent four years following key players in Boston’s community development field. While state senators and city councilors are often the public face of new projects, and residents seem empowered through opportunities to participate in public meetings, Levine found a shadow government of nonprofit leaders and philanthropic funders, nonelected neighborhood representatives with their own particular objectives, working behind the scenes. Tying this system together were political performances of “community”—government and nonprofit leaders, all claiming to value the community. Levine provocatively argues that there is no such thing as a singular community voice, meaning any claim of community representation is, by definition, illusory. He shows how community development is as much about constructing the idea of community as it is about the construction of physical buildings in poor neighborhoods. Constructing Community demonstrates how the nonprofit sector has become integral to urban policymaking, and the tensions and trade-offs that emerge when private nonprofits take on the work of public service provision.
Download or read book Public Spaces Social Relations and Well being in East London written by Nicholas T. Dines and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public spaces are a fundamental feature of where we live, representing sites of sociability and acting as a perceived measure of the quality of urban life. The rejuvenation of public spaces is also a key policy concern. This report draws on qualitative research in a multi-ethnic area of East London to consider the social value of spaces. As well as green spaces, the study looks at everyday spaces not usually highlighted in research or policy. It considers spaces along with place attachment, and explores the different types of social encounter spaces afford and analyses relationships between ethnicity and public space, and reflects upon the potential of spaces for fostering inter-ethnic understanding. It investigates links between different public spaces and well-being and discusses social and symbolic aspects of places and highlights a market which encapsulates many of the valued features of public space, shows how regeneration proposals raised 'public space consciousness' and addresses policy implications. By providing a significant contribution to current debates around links between public spaces, social relations and well-being, the findings have particular implications for 'Cleaner, Safer, Greener', 'Community Cohesion', 'Sustainable Communities' and 'Choosing Health' policies. The study will be of interest to policy makers, practitioners and academics in public space, regeneration, community cohesion and community involvement, as well as those with an interest in well being.
Download or read book Metropolitan Open Space and Natural Process written by United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development and published by University of Pennsylvania Press Anniversary Collection. This book was released on 1970 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How urban open space, disappearing at an alarming rate, can still be saved by coordinating man's purposes with natural processes of the land.
Download or read book Urban Open Space written by Mark Francis and published by . This book was released on 2003-09 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research has shown that successful public spaces are ones that are responsive to the needs of their users, are democratic in their accessibility, and are meaningful for the larger community. This work examines studies to glean findings and design implications related to user needs and conflicts.
Download or read book A Comparing Study on the Role and Effects of Public Open Space on Community Development at Public Housing Estates written by 何志豪 and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
