Whose Public Space?

"This is a useful, informative and engaging text covering the range of current threats and future opportunities facing urban public space. Two features which distinguish it from many other texts on urban space and redevelopment are that it gives a wide range of examples from across the developed and developing world, and it illustrates examples within different city locations beyond city centres; in inner cities as well as peripheral or marginal public spaces." -- Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design "Overall this is a useful, informative and engaging text covering the range of current threats and future opportunities facing urban public space. Two features which distinguish it from many texts on urban space and redevelopment are that it gives a wide range of examples from across the develpoed and developing world, and it illustrates examples within different city locations beyond city centres: in inner cities as well as peripheral or marginal public spaces. As a relatively affordable paperback text, upper level undergraduates and postgraduates following urban development, regeneration, design and planning courses and modules will find this collection an informative supplementary text focusing on one of the important aspects of urban change. It will also be of interest to urban professionals involved in the planning, design, maintenance and management of accessible and inclusive urban spaces as key elements of the contemporary city landscape." - Andrew Tallon, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of the West of England.