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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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A cultural footprint in Auckland’s public space
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present an interdisciplinary and exploratory study that seeks to identify transformations of the public space in Auckland's Northcote Town Centre produced by the Northeast Asian cultural group, particularly its Chinese community.
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Older People's Self–Selected Spaces of Encounter in Urban Aging Environments in the Netherlands:
Rianne van Melik,Roos Pijpers +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a narrative methodology involving 216 older people in six urban aging environments in the Netherlands was used to examine how they use and experience (semi-) public spaces as spaces of encounter, and the meanings they derive from using and experiencing these spaces.
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Exploring how the urban neighborhood environment influences mental well-being using walking interviews.
Laura Lauwers,Michael Leone,Madeleine Guyot,Ingrid Pelgrims,Roy Remmen,Kris Van den Broeck,Hans Keune,Hans Keune,Hilde Bastiaens +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a qualitative study explores neighborhood factors and their interactions in relation to mental well-being, and a socio-ecological framework is presented to explain interactions among those neighborhood factors, and personal and institutional factors, in relation with mental wellbeing.
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Neighbourhood-scale public spaces, inter-group attitudes and migrant integration in Beijing, China:
TL;DR: In this article, the authors argue that cities worldwide face the challenge of persistent social polarisation that is exacerbated by the mass migration of populations, and they debate whether the planning of public spaces, which pr...
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