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Research has shown that successful public spaces are ones that are responsive to the needs of their users, are democratic in their accessibility, and are meaningful for the larger community and society. While considerable research has been done on needs and conflicts in open space, no one document integrates all this knowledge and makes it available to professionals, students, and researchers.
- Foreword
- Urban open space: Case study in land and community design
- Introduction: Designing for user needs
- P4
- Parks, plazas, streets, community gardens, and greenways (Carr et al. 1992; Lynch 1972)
- The life between buildings(1987;Gehl and Gemoze 1996)
- Third places(Ray Oldenburg 1989)
- P6 A Typology of Urban Open Spaces
- The LAF case study method
- Urban open spaces: Why some work and others don’t
- P14 Why Public Spaces Fail
- P15 Principles of Creating Great Public Spaces
- The research on urban parks and open space
- P19 Case Studies of User Needs in Open Space
- Issue based case studies
- Place-based case studies
- Case studies of types of open space
- User Needs
- Comfort
- Relaxation
- Passive Engagement
- Active Engagement
- Discovery
- Fun
- User Conflicts
- Safety / Security
- Abuse
- Conflicts Between User Groups
- Cultural Differences
- Gender Conflicts
- Ability
- Privatization of Public Space
- Conflicts Between Use and Ecology
- Design, development, and decision making.
- Bryant park: a case study of designing of public spaces
- Community Participation
- The landscape architect’s role
- Approaches to maintenance and management
- Evaluating the needs and limitations of public spaces
- The literature on user needs in urban open space
- Critical reviews
- ..for example, Project for Public Spaces in New York City (2000) states that places should be created, “not just designed”. Three of their ‘Eleven Steps to Transforming Public Spaces into Great Community Places’ emphasize programming over design and the evolving nature of good open spaces.
- Why design urban spaces?
- Limitations and problems
- Principles of public places
- Design and Management recommendations for public open space
- source: Project for Public Spaces, How to Turn a Place Around, 2000, p86-93
- Issues and Research for the Future
- Conclusions and recommendations
- Bibliography
- Websites and Listservs
- Photo Credits
- Sources of Information
- Index
- About the author
Product Description
Research has shown that successful public spaces are ones that are responsive to the needs of their users, are democratic in their accessibility, and are meaningful for the larger community and society. While considerable research has been done on needs and conflicts in open space, no one document integrates all this knowledge and makes it available to professionals, students, and researchers.
Based on archival research; published case studies; site visits; and interviews with researchers, open space designers, managers, and users, Urban Open Space looks across several seminal studies to glean significant findings and design implications related to user needs and conflicts. It reviews and identifies those critical user needs that must be considered in the planning, design, and management of outdoor spaces, and synthesizes that knowledge into an accessible and useful document.
About the Author
Mark Francis, a Fellow of the American Society of Landscape Architects, is professor of landscape architecture at the University of California, Davis, and senior design consultant with MIG in Berkeley and Davis. Trained in landscape architecture and urban design at Berkeley and Harvard, he is author of more than sixty articles and book chapters translated into a dozen languages. His books include Community Open Spaces (Island Press, 1984), The Meaning of Gardens (MIT, 1990), Public Space (Cambridge, 1992), and The California Landscape Garden Ecology, Culture and Design (California, 1999). His work has focused on the use and meaning of the built and natural landscape. Much of this research has utilized a case study approach to study parks, gardens, public spaces, streets, nearby nature, and urban public life.