Rethinking Public Space

This book rethinks public space in the context of contemporary global health and economic crises, as well as technological, political, and cultural change, by bringing together two often unrelated discourses: public space and social inclusion. It highlights various common meanings and philosophical concepts of public space, examines them in their constitution and application, and runs them past the test of social practice through the economic, political, and cultural dimensions of social exclusion and inclusion. Chapters further analyze public space in its different forms, offering a wide-ranging and thought-provoking take on the concept.

Format: Hardback
Length: 194 pages
Publication date: 17 January 2023
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd

This book takes a critical look at public spaces in the context of contemporary global health and economic crises, as well as technological, political, and cultural changes. To accomplish this, Ali Madanipour brings together two often unrelated discourses: public space and social inclusion. By interrogating the potential for public spaces to contribute to inclusive social practices, Madanipour seeks to bridge the gap between these two concepts.

The book is organized into two parts. The first part highlights various common meanings and philosophical concepts of public space, examining them in their constitution and application. Madanipour runs these concepts past the test of social practice, through the economic, political, and cultural dimensions of social exclusion and inclusion. Chapters further analyze public space in its different forms: physical, institutional, and technological, offering a wide-ranging and thought-provoking take on the concept.

Timely and innovative, this book will be an invigorating read for urban studies, planning, and human geography scholars, particularly those focusing on public space, social inclusion, and urban processes.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800884571