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2018-12-26

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Call for papers | Special Issue December 2019

2018-11-09

Current Issue

Vol 4 No 1 (2019)

Cover image: Schouwburgplein in Rotterdam. Picture by Eric Fecken

Published: 2019-05-31

Vol. 4 n. 1 | 2019 | FULL ISSUE

1-155

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Editorial

Strengthening our civil servants' mission for the common good

1-2

Luisa Bravo

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Space

Dressed bodies and built environments: the interactive composition of public space

3-14

Clemens Thornquist

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Street vending management in Bangkok: the need to adapt to a changing environment

15-32

Narumol Nirathron, Gisèle Yasmeen

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Society

Not in my face please. Stress caused by the presence of smokers in places with restorative qualities

33-44

Chamila Subasinghe

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Assessment of user happiness in campus open spaces

45-64

Alshimaa A. Farag, Samaa R. Badawi, Rahma M. Doheim

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Understanding people’s needs for a vivid public realm as a key towards enhancing modern neighbourhoods’ liveability

65-92

Merham M. Keleg, Marwa Abdellatif

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Systems

Public space quality evaluation: prerequisite for public space management

93-126

Seema Praliya, Pushplata Garg

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Viewpoint

Leading urban change with people powered public spaces. The history, and new directions, of the Placemaking movement

127-134

Ethan Kent

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Placemaking in the European context. The movement is here to stay

135-154

Jeroen Laven, Anna Louise Bradley, Levente Polyak

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"Public space in cities is a common good, meant to be open, inclusive and democratic, a fundamental human right for everybody."

Dr Luisa Bravo
The Journal of Public Space, Founder and Editor in Chief
City Space Architecture, Founding Member and President
(from the statement submitted at the 26th UN-Habitat Governing Council held in Nairobi, Kenya, 8-12 May 2017)
Stand up for Public Space! | UN-Habitat Global Urban Lecture by Dr Luisa Bravo (click here) | A global campaign launched at the Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador, 2016 (click here)

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