The Emerging Public Realm of the Greater Bay Area

Release on 2021-07-27 | by Miodrag Mitrašinović

Through illustrated case studies and conceptual re-framings, this volume showcases ongoing transformations in public space, and its relationship to the public realm more broadly in the world’s most populous urban megaregion—the Greater ...

The Emerging Public Realm of the Greater Bay Area
  • Author: Miodrag Mitrašinović
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9781000396072
  • Category: Architecture
  • Page: 272
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The Emerging Public Realm of the Greater Bay Area

Through illustrated case studies and conceptual re-framings, this volume showcases ongoing transformations in public space, and its relationship to the public realm more broadly in the world’s most populous urban megaregion—the Greater Bay Area of southeastern China—projected to reach eighty million inhabitants by the year 2025. This book assembles diverse approaches to interrogating the forms of public space and the public realm that are emerging in the context of this region’s rapid urban development in the last forty years, bringing together authors from urbanism, architecture, planning, sociology, anthropology and politics to examine innovative ways of framing and conceptualizing public space in/of the Greater Bay Area. The blend of authors’ first-hand practical experiences has created a unique cross-disciplinary book that employs public space to frame issues of planning, political control, social inclusion, participation, learning/education and appropriation in the production of everyday urbanism. In the context of the Greater Bay Area, such spaces and practices also present opportunities for reconfiguring design-driven urban practice beyond traditional interventions manifested by the design of physical objects and public amenities to the design of new social protocols, processes, infrastructures and capabilities. This is a captivating new dimension of urbanism and critical urban practice and will be of interest to academics, students and practitioners interested in urbanization in China.

Public Space Reader

Release on 2021-03-30 | by Miodrag Mitrašinović

Miodrag is the co-editor of The Emerging Public Realm of the Greater Bay Area: Approaches to Public Space in a Chinese Megaregion (Routledge 2021); Cooperative Cities (2018); editor of Concurrent Urbanities: Designing Infrastructures of ...

Public Space Reader
  • Author: Miodrag Mitrašinović
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9781351202534
  • Category: Architecture
  • Page: 480
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Public Space Reader

Recent global appropriations of public spaces through urban activism, public uprising, and political protest have brought back democratic values, beliefs, and practices that have been historically associated with cities. Given the aggressive commodification of public re- sources, public space is critically important due to its capacity to enable forms of public dis- course and social practice which are fundamental for the well-being of democratic societies. Public Space Reader brings together public space scholarship by a cross-disciplinary group of academics and specialists whose essays consider fundamental questions: What is public space and how does it manifest larger cultural, social, and political processes? How are public spaces designed, socially and materially produced, and managed? How does this impact the nature and character of public experience? What roles does it play in the struggles for the just city, and the Right to The City? What critical participatory approaches can be employed to create inclusive public spaces that respond to the diverse needs, desires, and aspirations of individuals and communities alike? What are the critical global and comparative perspectives on public space that can enable further scholarly and professional work? And, what are the futures of public space in the face of global pandemics, such as COVID-19? The readers of this volume will be rewarded with an impressive array of perspectives that are bound to expand critical understanding of public space.

Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Region

Release on 2005 | by Wade Clark Roof

Carl Abbott , historian of the urban West , suggests that in the tradition of urban specialization , ” greater Los Angeles has come to represent “ the opportunities of consumption , ” while the Bay area has come to represent “ freedom ...

Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Region
  • Author: Wade Clark Roof
  • Publisher: Rowman Altamira
  • ISBN: 0759106398
  • Category: Religion
  • Page: 202
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Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Region

"Pretty much like the rest of the country, only more so." This quip from Wallace Stegner well-represents the Pacific region's religious culture. California, Nevada, and Hawaii emerged more recently, more quickly and with more diversity and fluidity than the other United States. Although influenced by Mexican Catholicism, Native Traditions, Asian Religions, and Euro-American Christianity, no religious tradition dominates, and a secular ethos usually reigns. But this very religious indifference makes California and the rest of the region open to all sorts of missionary movements and religious innovations. New organizational forms, new spiritual therapies, and new religious hybrids all compete for residents' attention along with secular ways for making meaning. With all these options, residents of the region mix, match, and move between religious identities more than other Americans. Without ignoring its diversity, Religion and Public Life in the Pacific Region highlights the key aspects of the region's fluctuating religions and its spirituality's impact on political life.

Great City Parks

Release on 2015-03-05 | by Alan Tate

... the emerging commitment of Toronto, fourth largest city in North America, to investment in its public realm – but only ... The Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area (BIA), formed in 1985 'in response to tremendous commercial, ...

Great City Parks
  • Author: Alan Tate
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9781317612988
  • Category: Architecture
  • Page: 344
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Great City Parks

Great City Parks is a celebration of some of the finest achievements of landscape architecture in the public realm. It is a comparative study of thirty significant public parks in major cities across Western Europe and North America. Collectively, they give a clear picture of why parks have been created, how they have been designed, how they are managed, and what plans are being made for them at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Based on unique research including extensive site visits and interviews with the managing organisations, this book is illustrated throughout with clear plans and photographs– with this new edition featuring full colour throughout. Tate updates his seminal 2001 work with 10 additional parks, including: The High Line in NYC, Golden Gate Park in San Francisco and Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam. All the previous city parks have also been updated and revised to reflect current usage and management. This book reflects a belief that well planned, well designed and well managed parks and park systems will continue to make major contributions to the quality of life in an increasingly urbanized world.

People Places

Release on 1997-09-03 | by Clare Cooper Marcus

Just because an urban space is legally public land does not prevent the same kind of harassment from taking place . ... in urban outdoor areas may be more limited than it was in medieval times , that range is considerably greater today ...

People Places
  • Author: Clare Cooper Marcus
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
  • ISBN: 0471288330
  • Category: Architecture
  • Page: 384
  • View: 269

People Places

people places Second Edition Design Guidelines for Urban Open Space edited by Clare Cooper Marcus and Carolyn Francis A resurgence in the use of public space continues throughout North America and many other parts of the world. Neighborhoods have become more outspoken in their demands for appropriate park designs; corporations have witnessed the value of providing outdoor spaces for employee lunch-hour use; the rising demand for child care has prompted increased awareness of the importance of developmentally appropriate play and learning environments; and increased attention is being focused on the specific outdoor space needs for the elderly, college students, and hospital patients and staff. Now available in an updated, expanded second edition, People Places is a fully illustrated, award-winning book that offers research-based guidelines and recommendations for creating more usable and enjoyable public open spaces of all kinds. People Places analyzes and summarizes existing research on how urban open spaces are actually used, offering design professionals and students alike an easily understood, easily applied guide to creating people-friendly places. Seven types of urban open space are discussed: urban plazas, neighborhood parks, miniparks and vest-pocket parks, campus outdoor spaces, outdoor spaces in housing for the elderly, child-care outdoor spaces, and hospital outdoor spaces. People Places contains a chapter-by-chapter review of the literature, illustrative case studies, and design guidelines specific to each type of space. People Places has a number of features that can be easily incorporated into the design process: * Clear, readable translations of existing research on people's use of outdoor spaces. * Performance-based design recommendations that specify key relationships between design and use. * Design review checklists that help readers plan and critique designs. * A clearly organized, concise format equally useful to the design practitioner and the design student. The newly revised edition of People Places also includes: * Discussion of accessibility issues, including ADA regulations and the concept of universal design; and of design responses aimed at crime reduction. * Procedures for conducting post-occupancy evaluations of designed outdoor spaces. * Updated and new information on each type of outdoor space, with special attention to hospitals, child care facilities, and campus outdoor spaces where specific advances have occurred since 1990. * A completely new color-photo section and 50 new black and white illustrations. Winner of the Merit Award in Communication from the American Society of Landscape Architects, People Places is an essential working tool for landscape architects and architects, city planners, urban designers, neighborhood groups, and anyone else concerned with the quality of urban open space.

Mega City Region Development in China

Release on 2020-11-22 | by Anthony G.O. Yeh

“One Belt and One Road” strategy, the Guangdong- Hong Kong- Macao Greater Bay Area is currently emerging to a national strategic level. Meanwhile, integration and development have become the main theme of the cooperation among the three ...

Mega City Region Development in China
  • Author: Anthony G.O. Yeh
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9780429555060
  • Category: Science
  • Page: 338
  • View: 754

Mega City Region Development in China

This book sheds light on the mega-city region development in China as a new form of urbanization which plays a crucial role in the economic development of the country. It examines the challenges faced by the mega-city regions and opens up avenues for debates and further research. Economic reform of 1978 has led to an unprecedented growth in the population and economic development of China. A large portion of this increased urban population and the corresponding economic growth has been concentrated in the mega-city regions, such as Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (BTH), Yangtze River Delta (YRD) and Pearl River Delta (PRD). These three mega-city regions have less land but more people and thus higher economy, resulting in various issues and challenges faced by these regions. These challenges pertain to the socio-economic development, transport, environment, governance and development strategy, which this book explores through case studies of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei and Wuhan. This book also explains and analyses the economy, migration processes, transport development, environmental conditions and governance of the mega-city regions of China. With an overview of China’s rapid urbanisation and the consequent economic growth, this book provides an essential understanding of related issues in order to establish appropriate strategies and policies to sustain the process of mega-city region development.

California Business

Release on 1987 | by

buildings and hotels , traffic snarls fueled by an exodus of businesses from San Francisco to the East Bay and pockets of no ... the eastern side of the Bay shows signs of being the emerging star of the nine - county Greater Bay area .

California Business
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  • ISBN: UCSC:32106008105063
  • Category: Business
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California Business

Religion and American Culture

Release on 1994 | by

Certainly not , when " great moral issues " were at stake.55 The “ victory for righteousness ” was delayed ... Nonetheless , the efforts of Anglo - Protestants to impact the public realm of San Francisco in particular and the Bay area ...

Religion and American Culture
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  • ISBN: UVA:X002715795
  • Category: Christianity and culture
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Religion and American Culture

Gay Politics Urban Politics

Release on 1999-01-05 | by Robert C. Bailey

The three policy areas are ( 1 ) the ambivalent role of lesbians and gay men in San Francisco's economic development ... growing out of war coordination efforts , looked toward a fully integrated plan for greater Bay Area development .

Gay Politics Urban Politics
  • Author: Robert C. Bailey
  • Publisher: Columbia University Press
  • ISBN: 0231500009
  • Category: Political Science
  • Page: 496
  • View: 642

Gay Politics Urban Politics

Drawing from surveys of political attitudes and voting patterns among gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, Bailey's study is a revealing window into how sexual identity has fostered political alliances. The book investigates mayoral voting patterns in America's three largest cities-New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

The Rough Guide to California Travel Guide eBook

Release on 2020-03-01 | by Rough Guides

The largest public space on campus, it's often enlivened by street musicians playing for change on the steps of the Student Union building. Sather Gate, which bridges Strawberry Creek at the ... of the campus and the entire Bay Area.

The Rough Guide to California Travel Guide eBook
  • Author: Rough Guides
  • Publisher: Apa Publications (UK) Limited
  • ISBN: 9781789196603
  • Category: Travel
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The Rough Guide to California Travel Guide eBook

The Rough Guide to California Make the most of your time on Earth with the ultimate travel guides. World-renowned 'tell it like it is' travel guide. Discover California with this comprehensive and entertaining travel guide, packed with practical information and honest recommendations by our independent experts. Whether you plan to hit the surf and seaside rollercoasters of Santa Cruz, hike in the Sierra Nevada, roam the Napa Valley's wineland, or embark on a Route 66 road trip, the Rough Guide to California will help you discover the best places to explore, eat, drink, shop and sleep along the way. Features of this travel guide to California: - Detailed regional coverage: provides practical information for every kind of trip, from off-the-beaten-track adventures to chilled-out breaks in popular tourist areas - Honest and independent reviews: written with Rough Guides' trademark blend of humour, honesty and expertise, our writers will help you make the most from your trip to California - Meticulous mapping: practical full-colour maps, with clearly numbered, colour-coded keys. Find your way around San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego and many more locations without needing to get online - Fabulous full-colour photography: features inspirational colour photography, including the sheer mountains of Yosemite National Park cast in a golden morning light and iconic Bixby Creek Bridge connecting the cliffs of the beautiful Big Sur coast - Time-saving itineraries: carefully planned routes will help inspire and inform your on-the-road experiences - Things not to miss: Rough Guides' rundown of Pam Springs, Yosemite Valley, Redwood National Park, Route 66 and Big Sur's best sights and top experiences - Travel tips and info: packed with essential pre-departure information including getting around, accommodation, food and drink, health, the media, festivals, sports and outdoor activities, culture and etiquette, shopping and more - Background information: comprehensive 'Contexts' chapter provides fascinating insights into California, with coverage of history, religion, ethnic groups, environment, wildlife and books, plus a handy language section and glossary - Covers: Los Angeles; San Diego; the deserts; Death Valley; the Sierra; the Central Coast; San Francisco; the Gold Country; Lake Tahoe and Northern California You may also be interested in: Rough Guide Southwest USA, Rough Guide Florida, Pocket Rough Guide San Francisco About Rough Guides: Rough Guides have been inspiring travellers for over 35 years, with over 30 million copies sold globally. Synonymous with practical travel tips, quality writing and a trustworthy 'tell it like it is' ethos, the Rough Guides list includes more than 260 travel guides to 120+ destinations, gift-books and phrasebooks.

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