By Maarten Hajer, Arnold Reijndorp
ISBN-10: 9056622013
ISBN-13: 9789056622015
The final 10 years haven't merely noticeable the rediscovery of public area within the arenas of policy-making and layout, they've got additionally witnessed an intensification of the controversy in regards to the value of public house for city society. "In seek of the hot Public area" bargains a cultural standpoint that areas present debates approximately public area into the context of modern social and spatial advancements, comparable to the growth of the city atmosphere and the production of the community urban. via theoretical discussions and analyses of useful difficulties, this e-book bargains perception and a vital heritage for execs who're inquisitive about the duty of designing public areas, a various crew including not only architects and concrete planners but in addition many governmental our bodies, companies, and corporations. Essays via Maarten Hajer, Arnold Reijndorp. 5.5 x 8.75 in. illustrated all through
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Spatial term 'urban field'. Society has become an archipelago of enclaves, and people from different backgrounds have developed ever more effective spatial strategies to 'meet the people they want to meet, and to avoid the people they want to avoid (see also Hajer & Halsema 199T Reijndorp ~ o (/) o et al. I998). On the level of the urban field it is possible to distinguish between countless mono cultural enclaves, from gated communities to business parks, from recreational woodlands to golf courses.
The possibility of these being created by 'the market' seems to be peremPforily dismissed. Privatization and commercialization are considered irreconcilable with the concept of public domain, but that discrepancy is less absolute than it might seem. Firstly, as we have seen, there appears to be a demand for a cultural definition of spaces from various economic sectors. This demand has ( Q. m ~ c «
As soon as a place - whether an inner city, an industrial monument, an historically interesting building, an untouched village green or a characteristic landscape - attracts the attention of the tourist industry, project developers or 'city promoters', it is threatened by expropriation. Cities, buildings and landscapes are adapted to satisfy the 'eye of the tourist' (Urry 1990). The original multitude of meanings is then usually reduced to one: that of the promotional brochure. 37 (! :0 £ ro a.