Public Space and Placemaking in African Cities

2022-01-10

S P E C I A L I S S U E
to be launched at 11^th World Urban Forum in Katowice, 26-30 June 2022

CALL FOR PAPERS

This special issue on 'Public Space and Placemaking in African Cities' of The Journal of Public Space invites writings, reflections, research, case studies and photo essays related to the cities and public spaces of the African continent. We invite scholars, designers, planners, city practitioners, historians and writers to offer critical and innovative contributions to understanding meanings and practices in plural and diverse African spaces, contexts, climates, regional and local scales, and histories.

This special issue collects both full research articles (max 8.000 words), and shorter essays, case studies and photo essays (max 3.000 words).

This issue will contribute to the establishment of the Centre on African Public Spaces (CAPS), a project initiated by the City of Johannesburg (South Africa) in collaboration with other African cities, universities and community advocacy groups. As a Pan-African urban lab for public space, CAPS will be a home and resource to a community of urban practitioners and thinkers, students, scholars and civil society activists dedicated to connect, exchange experiences, advance knowledge, share resources, grow expertise and mobilize on a wide range of relevant local, regional and global issues.

Current Issue

Vol 6 No 1 (2021): Re-visioning Places of Public Gathering in the Contemporary Arab Urbanism

Vol 6 No 1 (2021)

Cover image: Public space in Dubai. Picture by Mona Helmy

Guest Editor: Mona Helmy
Managing Editor: Luisa Bravo
Assistant Editor: Merham M. Keleg

Published: 2021-04-30

Vol. 6 n. 1 | 2021 | FULL ISSUE

1-270

View Abstract PDF

Editorial

Re-visioning Places of Public Gathering in the Contemporary Arab Urbanism

1-4

Mona Helmy

View Abstract PDF
On the Meanings and Uses of Urban Space in the Arab City: An Historical Perspective

5-8

Nezar AlSayyad

View Abstract PDF

Space

Urban Elements in the Saudi Arabian Najd Region and their Influence on Creating Threshold Spaces

9-24

Mohammed Mashary Alnaim

View Abstract PDF
Public Space as a Venue for Peacebuilding in Lebanon?

25-46

Aseel Naamani, Ruth Simpson

View Abstract PDF
Investigating Users Changing Needs in Relation to Non-designed or Unplanned Public Spaces in Cairo

47-66

Joseph Milad Namar, Moahmed A. Salheen, Ayat Ismail

View Abstract PDF
The Redemptive Potential of the Street. A Multi-angular Analysis of Dubai’s Pedestrian Infrastructure

67-94

Lamia Abdelfattah, Filippo Bazzoni, Rawad Choubassi

View Abstract PDF
New Typologies of Contemporary Shopping Malls in Egypt

95-122

Karim Wagih Fawzi Youssef

View Abstract PDF
The Segregation in Access to Spaces for Urban Activities during COVID-19 Pandemic in Relation to Gated Communities in Egypt

123-134

Hellen Aziz, Salma Ellakany

View Abstract PDF

Society

COVID-19 Pandemic: Between Public Space and Users’ Behaviours

135-166

Hassan Elmouelhi, Sara Nowar, Hellen Aziz, Nada Abdrabou, Ahmed Mokhtar Gaballah, Tayseer Khairy

View Abstract PDF
Fostering Interactions at Public Open Spaces

167-184

Arushi Malhotra, Ranjana Dobriyal

View Abstract PDF
Post-development Practices of Public Space, Between Cohabitation and "Domination" of New Atmospheres

185-202

Abdellah Moussalih

View Abstract PDF
What Happened to the Public Spaces of the Arab World?

203-214

Tarek Fouani

View Abstract PDF
Khobar City Plan and the New Public Space in Saudi Arabia

215-234

Atef Alshehri, Lulu Almana

View Abstract PDF

Viewpoint

Public Spaces in the Arab Region

235-240

Elaf Raslan, Lubna Shaheen

View Abstract PDF
Heritage in the Street: Megawra | BEC’s Athar Lina Initiative in Historic Cairo

241-256

May al-Ibrashy

View Abstract PDF

"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)

The Journal of Public Space is a non-profit project. We produce public knowledge on public space. We don't ask for APCs (Article Processing Charges) to our authors. Nobody is paying, neither for publishing nor for reading. Our Editor in Chief and our Editorial Team are not paid, they all volunteer their time to accomplish our mission.
Please consider to make a donation to our publisher City Space Architecture, a non profit organization based in Italy, even a small donation can make a difference. Thank you very much.