The construction of hundreds of fountains was a social movement that transformed London’s public spaces.
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Roadsides have long been reserved for parking cars, but the pandemic led to many experiments with other ways of using scarce and valuable public space. We can put it to better and more flexible uses.
Nicknaming a lake, planning your route or simply seeing a ‘Welcome to your park’ sign can help visitors feel more like a public place is their own to some degree.
The provision of recreational activities and access to public space have always been underpinned by moral and class values. Planning the post-pandemic reopening should address these inequities.
Containment during the pandemic has contributed to a recognition of the importance of public space as a gathering place and an essential tool to meet the needs of the population.
Both the COVID-19 pandemic and urgent debates around public heritage and monuments shape how Nuit Blanche Toronto is seeking to engage artists and viewers in remapping cities.
The Gender Equality Act in Victoria creates an obligation to understand how gender affects needs and experiences, and to design, assess and manage public spaces so women feel safe in those places.
Long after a crisis recedes, residual anxiety can remain and become calcified in cultures, customs and institutions.
When urban spaces work well they are highly social spaces. How do we safely manage them and people’s fears about mingling when ‘being together but apart’ is the norm?
Temporary and tactical urbanism offers simple, low-cost solutions to make streets and other public spaces both safe and sociable during this time of physical distancing.
COVID-19 has upturned uses of public spaces that we took for granted. Will shifts in the regulation of these spaces lead to a change in thinking about who “owns” the city?
Current restrictions remind us of the value of access to public space and one another. Yet even before COVID-19 some people were excluded and targeted, so a return to the status quo isn’t good enough.
Most of the activities that define city life we do together. Now that we are having to get used to more isolated lives, will this have lasting social impacts or will city life resume as before?
As you walk about a city are you in public or private space? The line is often blurred.
When primary school children in a disadvantaged part of Sydney were asked to map what they valued in the area, their choices were revealing and sometimes surprising.
Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, is going through a transformation of its centre and waterfront to support of walking, cycling and public transport, and less space for cars.
The ‘superblocks’ are expected to have massive benefits for health and well-being – but it takes good governance.
The UK’s surviving urban commons are precious green spaces, but the laws that protect them are confusing, complicated and in some cases outdated.
Good urban design and walkability boost local economic activity by increasing public activity, but cities need to pay more attention to the effects of microclimates on streets and public spaces.
Segregation is not just a problem in London – it’s happening in cities all over the world.
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Lecturer and Researcher, Urban Design and Town Planning, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Associate Professor, School of Architecture and Urban Design, RMIT University
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Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Urban Geography and Research Lead, Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Department of Design, Monash University
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Lecturer, Social Work and Community Welfare, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor of Economics, Australia Director - Centre for International Trade and Business in Asia (CITBA), James Cook University
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Director, XYX Lab, and Associate Professor, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Monash University
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Senior Lecturer and Researcher, Land Use Planning & Urban Design, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor, Southern Cross University
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Professor of Architecture and SARChI: DST/NRF/SACN Research Chair in Spatial Transformation (Positive Change in the Built Environment), Tshwane University of Technology
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Professor of Sociology, West Virginia University
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Senior Lecturer, Social Work and Community Welfare, School of Social Science and Psychology, Western Sydney University
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Researcher, School of Architecture and Urban Design, RMIT University
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Associate Professor in Law, UNSW Sydney
