TY - JOUR
T1 - The cultural life of public spaces
AU - Pugalis, Lee
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Within a UK context of radical policy reform and broader global economic shifts, the homogenisation of public space and the decimation of cultural life are leading-edge issues of contemporary concern. Drawing on empirics from a broader research project, this paper reports on the (ongoing) production of public spaces and extracts some pointers for practice pertaining to planning for their cultural life. Underutilisation, temporal dimensions and perceptions of urban quality are analysed, before tentatively considering future directions. Multi-stakeholder coproduction is put forward as a potentially fruitful mode of working.
AB - Within a UK context of radical policy reform and broader global economic shifts, the homogenisation of public space and the decimation of cultural life are leading-edge issues of contemporary concern. Drawing on empirics from a broader research project, this paper reports on the (ongoing) production of public spaces and extracts some pointers for practice pertaining to planning for their cultural life. Underutilisation, temporal dimensions and perceptions of urban quality are analysed, before tentatively considering future directions. Multi-stakeholder coproduction is put forward as a potentially fruitful mode of working.
KW - town and city planning
KW - environment
KW - municipal & public service engineering
UR - http://www.icevirtuallibrary.com/content/article/10.1680/udap.10.00057
U2 - 10.1680/udap.10.00057
DO - 10.1680/udap.10.00057
M3 - Article
VL - 166
SP - 151
EP - 155
JO - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning
JF - Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers: Urban Design and Planning
SN - 1755-0793
IS - 3
ER -