Routledge Handbook of Urban Public Space

<p>Is it truly the "end" of public space? This handbook presents evidence that the answer is "no". In cities in different parts of the world, people still use public space to pursue activities of their choice.</p><p>The book is divided into seven sections. The first section presents three emerging types of public space. Each of the subsequent five sections focuses on a type of activity: recreation, commerce, protest, living and celebration. These sections are international in scope, presenting cases of activities in Brazil, China, Colombia, DR Congo, Egypt, Finland, Germany, Libya, Taiwan, Turkey and the U.S. The closing section, composed of three chapters, presents research methods for studying public space.</p><p>Graduate students, faculty members and researchers in social science, architecture, landscape architecture, geography and urban design will find the book useful for understanding, studying and designing urban public space.</p> <p>1. Introduction: The Use, Design and Management of Urban Public Space</p><p>Karen A. Franck and Te-Sheng Huang</p><p>Part I: Emerging Types of Public Spaces</p><p>2. Ecological Restoration Parks: An Emerging Type of Public Space in China</p><p>Han Yan</p><p>3. City Beaches: Enlivening Marginal Spaces in Germany</p><p>Quentin Stevens</p><p>4. Pedestrian Plazas: A New Type of Neighborhood Space in New York City</p><p>Hanife Vardi-Topal</p><p>Part II: Recreation </p><p>5. New Opportunities for Women’s Recreation in Tripoli, Libya</p><p>Fathia Elmenghawi </p><p>6. Cruising in Urban Parks: Gay Intimacy in Public Space in New York and Boston</p><p>John Bezemes</p><p>7. Private Sound Environments in Urban Public Space: Headphone Use in Parks in New York</p><p>Chathurthi S. De Silva</p><p>8. Parkour: Loosening Public Urban Space in Finland</p><p>Lieven Ameel and Sirpa Tani</p><p>Part III: Commerce</p><p>9. What Commerce Can Do: The Case of Streets in the US</p><p>Vikas Mehta</p><p>10. Little Damascus: A Thriving Commercial Passageway in Sixth of October City, Egypt </p><p>Amira Mostafa Badran</p><p>11. Using and Negotiating Public Space: Street Vending in Taiwan</p><p>Te-Sheng Huang</p><p>12. Getting a Spot on the Street: Street Vendors’ Access to Public Space in Bogotá, Colombia</p><p>Ana Maria Vargas </p><p>13. Food Truck Rallies: Communal Eating in Public Space in the U.S.</p><p>John Jones</p><p>Part IV: Protest</p><p>14. The Life and Death of Tahrir Square: From Protest Platform to Roundabout</p><p>Mariam Abdelazim</p><p>15. City of Protest: From Exterior to Interior Public Space in Hong Kong</p><p>Tom Verebes</p><p>16. Displaying and Contesting State Power: The Story of Taksim Square and Gezi Park, Istanbul</p><p><em>Zehra Betul Atasoy</em></p><p><strong>Part V: Living</strong></p><p>17. Inhabiting the City without Shelter in Santa Cruz, California</p><p>Cory Parker</p><p>18. Living on the Streets of Kinshasa, Democratic Repulic of Congo</p><p>Kristien Geenen</p><p>19. Using Public Space to Escape Violence and Social Exclusion in São Paulo, Brazil</p><p>Daniel Jupp Kina and Lorraine van Blerk</p><p>Part VI: Celebration</p><p>20. Parades in Manhattan: Transforming Public Space</p><p>Karen A. Franck</p><p>21. Spaces and Sound: Celebrating and Protesting in Berlin </p><p>Banu Çiçek Tülü</p><p>22. Joining the Party in Downtown Brooklyn</p><p>Maryam Hosseini</p><p>Part VII: Research Methods for Studying Public Space</p><p>23. Recording Diverse Uses of a City’s Public Spaces </p><p>Sverre Bjerkeset anad Jonny Aspen</p><p>24. Using Archival Sources to Study Mass Behavior in Public Space </p><p>Johann Sagan</p><p>25. What is the Question? Answer the Question. </p><p>Karen A. Franck and Te-Sheng Huang</p>