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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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Lively Social Space, Well-Being Activity, and Urban Design: Findings From a Low-Cost Community-Led Public Space Intervention
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the extent to which a public space intervention promoted liveliness and three key behaviors that e ciently increased the vitality of public space use in urban areas.
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Rethinking passive transport: bus fare exemptions and young people's wellbeing.
TL;DR: It is suggested that a more nuanced understanding of 'active travel' is now needed, alongside greater attention to urban public transport networks as key sites that impact on important determinants of wellbeing such as independent mobility and social inclusion.
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Exploring ecological, emotional and social levers of self-rated health for urban gardeners and non-gardeners: A path analysis.
TL;DR: This research suggests that community planners and health professionals should aim to strengthen the social and aesthetic relationships while designing environments and policies as a way to ignite intermediate processes that may lead to improved health status.
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Evaluating and characterizing urban vibrancy using spatial big data: Shanghai as a case study:
TL;DR: Although people may recognize urban vibrancy when they see or sense it, developing direct and comprehensive measures of urban vibranciness remains a challenge as discussed by the authors, in the context of intense global competit...
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Theorizing Critical Placemaking as a Tool for Reclaiming Public Space.
TL;DR: The privatization of public space is identified as a social problem that contributes to the entrenchment of social, economic, and racial inequality, and "critical placemaking" is advances as a tool for reclaiming public space for public use.
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The Death and Life of Great American Cities
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