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Mingling, observing, and lingering: everyday public spaces and their implications for well-being and social relations
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Different users of public spaces attain a sense of well- being for different reasons: the paper calls for policy approaches in which the social and therapeutic properties of a range of everyday spaces are more widely recognised and nurtured.About:
This article is published in Health & Place.The article was published on 2008-09-01. It has received 418 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Sense of community & Social relation.read more
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Therapeutic landscapes as assemblages, actor-networks and contingent affordances : the example of Saltwell Park
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that the ability of an individual to access and make beneficial use of a park depends upon their ability to gain physical, social and emotional access, which is dependent upon factors such as physical proximity, social inclusion and the perception of the park.
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Dog park users: An examination of perceived social capital and perceived neighborhood social cohesion
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine whether dog parks, as places providing social interaction opportunities with other humans, have the potential to be sites that engender community benefits and conclude that they do.
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Place and recovery from alcohol dependence: A journey through photovoice
TL;DR: Findings from a project that used an adapted photovoice methodology to better understand individuals’ experience and perceptions of the role of place in recovery from alcohol dependence demonstrate that the journey of recovery fromcohol dependence is contextually shaped.
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Home Making in Low-Cost Housing Area
TL;DR: In this article, a range of informative cues are found in forms of human activities and physical traces observable in low-cost housing, relating appropriation, attachment and identity as home making mechanisms through which residents strive to achieve those satisfactions.
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Re-imagining public space: Urban renewal, identity and discourses of consumption in Montpellier, France
TL;DR: The authors examines the meaning of public space in Montpellier, France, with a focus on a city-centre plaza that has been redeveloped through a municipally-led regeneration program.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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