Why Public Space Matters

Why Public Space Matters – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780197543733,0197543731,9780197543757, 0197543758

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• ISBN 10: 0197543758
• ISBN 13: 9780197543757
• Author: Setha Low

Public spaces — where people from all walks of life play, work, meet, talk, read, think, debate, and protest — are vital to a healthy civic life. And, as the eminent scholar of public space Setha Low argues in Why Public Space Matters, even fleeting moments of visibility and encounter in these spaces tend to foster a broader worldview and our willingness to accept difference. Such experiences also enhance flexible thinking, problem solving, creativity, and inclusiveness. There are many such spaces, but they all enhance social life. Sidewalks and plazas offer business opportunities for small-scale entrepreneurs who cannot afford store space. Public parks have long provided major cultural attractions, from plays to concerts, at little or no cost to the public. Central squares have a storied tradition as arenas for demonstrations and political protests. Parks and waterways create sustainable greenways, and during disasters, all manner of public spaces become centers for food delivery and shelter. To illustrate their value, Low draws from decades of research in public spaces across the Americas, from New York to Costa Rica.

Table contents:

1. Why Does Public Space Matter?

2. What Is Public Space?

3. What If Jones Beach Was Not Public? Social Justice and Belonging on Long Island, New York

4. Rebuilding a Bridge and a Community: Health and Resilience at Walkway Over the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, New York

5. Playing in the Fields of Lake Welch, New York

6. Improvising Public Space and the Informal Economy: Sidewalks, Streets, and Markets in Buenos Aires, New York City, and Baguio City

7. Green Guerillas, Seed Bombs, and Granite Gardens: Environmental Sustainability and Public Space in Paris and New York City

8. Place Attachment and Cultural Identity: Monuments, Parks, and Neighborhood Public Space in San José, Costa Rica, and the Statue of Liberty and Battery Park City in New York City

9. From the Winter of Despair to the Summer of Euphoria: Public Space During COVID-19 in New York City (2020–2021)

10. How to Study Public Space: The Toolkit for the Ethnographic Study of Space (TESS) in Tompkins Square Park, Manhattan, New York City and Other Strategies

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