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Public space

A public space is a place that is open and accessible to the general public. Roads, pavements, public squares, parks, and beaches are typically considered public space. To a limited extent, government buildings which are open to the public, such as public libraries, are public spaces, although they tend to have restricted areas and greater limits upon…

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Public space

Nodes79
Edges78
Triples181
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025316
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related to Bibliography · 64
Public space → Activism, Anrong, Barbara, Basel/Berlin/Boston, Bedford/St, Birkhäuser Verlag, Boston, Carmona, Century, Children, Collectively-Used Spaces, Conclusions, Dang, Defining, Demo, Design, Early, Ed, Hoidn, Homeless
related to Historical shift · 21
Public space → American, As, Carolina, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's, Georgia, Historically, It, John Chase, Jürgen Habermas, New Deal, Of, Oglethorpe Plan, Pennsylvania, Savannah, The, The New Deal, These, They, United States, US
related to Modern critique · 18
Public space → African-American, An, Another, Baldwin Hills, Discussion, Here, It, Locals, Los Angeles, Michael Sorkin's, Mike Davis, Modern, Nancy Fraser, Political, That, The, These, This
related to Restrictions on state action in the United States · 8
Public space → As, Entry, In, Parks, The, This, United States, United States Senate
see also · 8
Public space → Act, AgoraBuskingCommunity, DhabasGuerrilla, Intelligent UrbanismPublicPublic, StreetsSpeakers' CornerStreet, Toronto Public Space CommitteeThird, UK, Urban
related to Approaching urban design · 7
Public space → Aravot, Cassirer's, Contemporary, Iris Aravot, It, The, They
related to Art · 7
Public space → But, Contemporary, In, Patricia Phillips, Public, Temporal, This
related to Privatization · 7
Public space → Beginning, Conversion, Corporate, Open Spaces Society, POPOS, Private-public, This
related to As a site for democracy · 6
Public space → Geographer Don Mitchell, Gill Valentine, Henri Lefebvre's, Human, Other, While
related to External links · 6
Public space → Media, Public, Public Spaces, Urban Public SpaceProject, Wikimedia CommonsEuropean Archive, Wiktionary-logo-en-v2

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Public spaceis aplace that is open and accessible to the general public0.90text
'gathering place'instance ofThe term 'public space' is also often misconstrued to mean other things0.80text
which is an element of the larger concept of social spaceinstance ofThe term 'public space' is also often misconstrued to mean other things0.80text
the Open Spaces Societyinstance ofhas faced criticism from citizen groups0.80text
policinginstance ofprivate organizations are allowed to tax local businesses and retail establishments so that they might provide special private services0.80text
increased surveillanceinstance ofprivate organizations are allowed to tax local businesses and retail establishments so that they might provide special private services0.80text
trash removalinstance ofprivate organizations are allowed to tax local businesses and retail establishments so that they might provide special private services0.80text
or street renovationinstance ofprivate organizations are allowed to tax local businesses and retail establishments so that they might provide special private services0.80text
all of which once fell under the control of public fundsinstance ofprivate organizations are allowed to tax local businesses and retail establishments so that they might provide special private services0.80text
lightinginstance ofThis process involves considering factors0.80text
colourinstance ofThis process involves considering factors0.80text
furniture layoutinstance ofThis process involves considering factors0.80text

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