Conveners
T_17 PUBLIC SPACE (O): L1 - Reshaping public spaces
- Nuket Ipek Cetin (Gebze Technical University, Urban and Regional Planning Department)
T_17 PUBLIC SPACE (O): L2 - Public space and urban futures
- Matej Niksic (Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia)
- Maliheh Hashemi Tilenoi (Sorbonne Universitรฉ)
T_17 PUBLIC SPACE (O): L3 - Social and Spatial Justice, Urban Transformation of Public Space
- Ebru Firidin (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University)
- Maliheh Hashemi Tilenoi (Sorbonne Universitรฉ)
In the context of high-density urbanization and post-pandemic mental health challenges, walkable urban spaces such as streets, plazas, and street corners are increasingly recognized as essential for physical and mental healing. However, public spaces in high-density urban areas often suffer from standardized design and fragmented functionality, limiting their ability to meet the deeper needs...
Introduction
Weight stigmaโa societal bias linking body weight to personal failureโspatially excludes overweight adolescents from public sports areas by intensifying fears of social judgment. In Shanghaiโs Quyang Park, overcrowded and highly visible exercise zones deter this group from physical activity, worsening health disparities. This study examines how spatial configurations...
Public spaces are often conceptualized through notions of accessibility, continuity, and structured use. However, the dynamics of urban life are equally shaped by interruptions, unexpected encounters, and shifts in rhythm. This paper examines passageways as a spatial and social phenomenon that disrupts urban continuity, generating alternative public interactions and micro-transformations in...
Urban resilience (Cutter et al., 2012; Davoudi, 2012) is a crucial concept in urban planning, but it often merges the distinction between events that trigger crises and the processes of adapting to them. Sudden disruptions and gradual, undesirable changes are frequently addressed in similar ways, which can create ambiguities in planning and response strategies. To overcome this challenge, it...
The increasing frequency and intensity of climate-related events have highlighted the fragility of urban areas, generating complex challenges in public spaces within cities. Communities are expressing a growing need to rapidly adapt urban environments to ongoing changes through a renewal process that integrates physical interventions in spaces with new housing models capable of responding to...
As cities face increasing land scarcity due to rapid urbanization, temporary public open spaces (TPOS) have emerged as flexible solutions to alleviate urban pressures. This study investigates the role of TPOS in high-density cities, using Hong Kong as a focal point. Through a detailed examination of three case studies, this research explores how TPOS can mitigate the societal challenges caused...
This study addresses the challenges of coastline development, highlighting the limitations of top-down, fragmented approaches that fail to fully integrate the diverse needs of stakeholders, with a particular focus on the prioritization of recreational spaces over the transformative potential of the sea and the underutilization of participatory processes. The coastal city of Izmir, Tรผrkiye...
Public space is becoming the focus of urban studies, as it holds the influential potential to create resilient cities. This research explores the significant capability of urban growth generators to create socio-economic centralities in Large-Scale Housing's public space.
Our main objective is to understand the evolution of the socio-economic state in the public space of large housing in...
In recent years, street spaces have faced governance challenges characterized by dual disorders in both physical environment and social values, with the transition from traditional "growth-oriented" to "equity-oriented" development still encountering numerous obstacles. Existing studies have lacked systematic evaluation tools and tended to emphasize physical environment improvement while...
The escalation of urban social spatial polarization heightened demands for public resource planning, particularly in achieving a balance both on social equity and justice performance. The evaluation of social performance within the realm of urban planning has undergone a progression from regional equality to social equality, and ultimately to social justice. The principle of social equity is...
This study arises from an argumentation aimed at critically examining issues of disintegration and dissolution while exploring alternative models of spatial research practices that prioritize "inclusiveness" and "public engagement." In the face of contemporary challenges such as climate change, social inequality, and rapid urbanization, fostering urban resilience, sustainability, inclusivity,...
As the most common public space, urban street is not only an important carrier of people's daily activities, but also a direct reflection of the quality of urban environment and social inclusion. In the face of the multiple challenges of global climate change, resource crisis and social inequality, optimising the spatial quality of urban streets has become a key issue to enhance environmental...
The article explores the functional and spatial transformation of public space in post-socialist cities of Ukraine in wartime, in particular, on the example of Poltava. The evolution of urban planning from the resource-centered approaches of the socialist period to modern inclusive and sustainable approaches is considered. Particular attention is paid to inclusiveness as a key aspect of...
This presentation examines the views of local planners towards the implications, challenges and barriers of (re)designing public spaces within the context of urban and ecological transitions in suburban and metropolitan areas.
Nowadays, the importance of public space is widely disseminated across academic research and policy-making, often emphasising its paramount contributions to sustainable...
