Whose Public Space? International Case Studies in Urban Design and Development

Abstract

1. Introduction Ali Madanipour Part 1. Changing Nature of Public Space in City Centres Ali Madanipour 2. Less Public Than Before? Public Space Improvement in Newcastle City Centre Muge Akkar Ercan 3. Youth Participation and Revanchist Regimes: Redeveloping Old Eldon Square, Newcastle upon Tyne Peter Rogers 4. Can Public Space Improvement Revive the City Centre? The Case of Taichung, Taiwan Hong-Che Chen 5. Change in the public spaces of traditional cities: Zaria, Nigeria Shaibu Bala Garba Part 2. Public Space and Everyday Life in Urban Neighbourhoods Ali Madanipour 6. Marginal Public Spaces in Europe Ali Madanipour 7. Gating the Streets: The Changing Shape of Public Spaces in South Africa Karina Landman 8. Public Spaces within Modern Residential Areas in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Khalid Nasralden Mandeli 9. The Design and Development of Public Open Spaces in an Iranian New Town 10. Making Public Space in Low Income Neighbourhoods in Mexico Mauricio Hernandez Bonilla 11. Co-Production of Public Space: Redefinition of Social Meaning, the Case of Nord-Pas de Calais, France Paola Michialino 12. Whose Public Space?Ali Madanipour