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Agnieszka Kępkowicz

Bio: Agnieszka Kępkowicz is an academic researcher from University of Life Sciences in Lublin. The author has contributed to research in topics: Suburbanization & Public space. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 6 publications receiving 17 citations.

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TL;DR: In this paper, a deficiency of fully public spaces result in an increasingly complex mixture of different types of spaces of public functions, resulting in a more complex mix of different public functions.
Abstract: Intensive suburbanization, especially in postsocialist countries, and a deficiency of fully public spaces result in an increasingly complex mixture of different types of spaces of public functions....

19 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a method of measuring the utility value of recreational public spaces and determine the relationship between the utility of space and its publicness, and suggest models of publicness of the most community-friendly recreational public space in Warsaw suburbs.
Abstract: In recent years, after the rapid and chaotic suburbanization in the 1990s, public spaces were gradually appearing in the new suburbs of postsocialist Poland. It is worth verifying to what extent these spaces are used on a daily basis. This paper aims to present a method of measuring the utility value of recreational public spaces and to determine the relationship between the utility value of space and its publicness. It suggests models of publicness of the most community-friendly recreational public spaces in Warsaw suburbs. As the research shows, intended diversity has the greatest influence on the prosocial character of space. Proximity, on the other hand, does not influence utility value so much. Location at some distance from the main nodes of activity and the highest concentration of houses, but with safe pedestrian access, is of more importance and should be promoted as a condition of successful suburban recreational space. The main conclusion from the research is that the most community-friendly recreational spaces do not have to be fully public. The measurement tools used in analyzing socio-spatial relations contributes to the development of the academic methods of studying the quality of public space.

1 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the relationship between preferences shaped by the biological and cultural evolution of mankind and the qualities of landscape attractiveness were examined, and the results showed that the sets of traits preferred by human partners can be reflected in sets of preferred landscape attractiveness.
Abstract: Assessment of landscape attractiveness often struggles with the challenge of differences in human tastes. In the present study, the relationship between preferences shaped by the biological and cultural evolution of mankind and the qualities of landscape attractiveness were examined. The aim of the study was to determine the types of landscape as related to evolutionary behavior patterns and preferences regarding the choice of a partner in different types of relationships. The research hypothesis was that the sets of traits preferred by human partners can be reflected in sets of preferred qualities of landscape attractiveness. The translation of human qualities into qualities of landscape was done through anthropomorphization using the phenomenological method and research techniques based on branding (e.g., the brand personality construct). During the investigation, the following types of landscape attractiveness were identified: Landscape of Prosperity, Youth, Femininity, Temptation, Friendship, Transition, and Money. The developed typological division is a step towards recognizing new sources of preferences for aesthetic and cognitive landscape values. This framework could be interesting for landscape valuation and planning, as well as research on the cultural character of the landscape, as a resource important in the context of sustainable development.

1 citations


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01 Nov 2008

2,686 citations

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TL;DR: The authors examines the development of urban society and structure from the ancient world to the present, taking the reader from the assembly hall of Athens to the Palladium Club, from Augustine's "City of Gold" to the Turkish baths of the lower east side, from 18th century English gardens to the housing projects of east Harlem and from Nietzsche's "Birth of Tragedy" to subway graffiti.
Abstract: With an eye toward the architecture, art, literature and technology of urban life one of America's observers of society gives us an incisive study of the search for shelter and the fear of exposure to strangers and new experience in Western culture - and how these two concerns have shaped the physical fabric of the city. The author examines the development of urban society and structure from the ancient world to the present. His discussion takes the reader from the assembly hall of Athens to the Palladium Club, from Augustine's \"City of Gold\" to the Turkish baths of the lower east side, from 18th century English gardens to the housing projects of east Harlem and from Nietzsche's \"Birth of Tragedy\" to subway graffiti. By the author of \"The Hidden Injuries of Class\", \"The Fall of Public Man\" and \"Authority\".

465 citations

01 Feb 2006

145 citations

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Pablo Mendez1
TL;DR: Mendez as discussed by the authors reviewed Suburban Planet: Making the World Urban from the Outside In written by Roger Keil and Pablo Mendez of SuburbanPlanet: Suburban Earth.
Abstract: Book Review by Pablo Mendez of Suburban Planet: Making the World Urban from the Outside In written by Roger Keil.

55 citations