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dc.contributor.authorWen, Liang
dc.contributor.authorKenworthy, Jeff
dc.contributor.authorMarinova, Dora
dc.date.accessioned2020-10-29T07:06:18Z
dc.date.available2020-10-29T07:06:18Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationWen, L. and Kenworthy, J. and Marinova, D. 2020. Higher Density Environments and the Critical Role of City Streets as Public Open Spaces. Sustainability. 12 (21): Article No. 8896.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81563
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/su12218896
dc.description.abstract

This paper explores the relationship between crowding and streets as public open spaces in high-density urban environments from the perspectives of perceived density and human needs, two antecedents to crowdedness. City streets are the places through which various forms of crowding are perceived and experienced. Hence, they can play a role in easing this sense of crowding if corresponding strategies are put in place. The paper argues that practices, such as traffic calming and self-building, can transform the streets to serve as public open space, which increases spaciousness and eases crowding. It also puts forward tactical urbanism as a strategy for city governance to create the right conditions encouraging flourishing civil society initiatives in a dense primary environment that is invigorating and at the same time has a level of crowding perceived as both comfortable and liveable.

dc.publisherMDPI AG
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subject1205 - Urban and Regional Planning
dc.titleHigher Density Environments and the Critical Role of City Streets as Public Open Spaces
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.abstractThis paper explores the relationship between crowding and streets as public open spaces in high-density urban environments from the perspectives of perceived density and human needs, two antecedents to crowdedness. City streets are the places through which various forms of crowding are perceived and experienced. Hence, they can play a role in easing this sense of crowding if corresponding strategies are put in place. The paper argues that practices, such as traffic calming and self-building, can transform the streets to serve as public open space, which increases spaciousness and eases crowding. It also puts forward tactical urbanism as a strategy for city governance to create the right conditions encouraging flourishing civil society initiatives in a dense primary environment that is invigorating and at the same time has a level of crowding perceived as both comfortable and liveable.
dcterms.source.volume12
dcterms.source.number21
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage34
dcterms.source.issn2071-1050
dcterms.source.titleSustainability
dc.date.updated2020-10-29T07:06:16Z
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© 2020 The Authors. Published by MDPI Publishing.

curtin.departmentSchool of Design and the Built Environment
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Humanities
curtin.contributor.orcidMarinova, Dora [0000-0001-5125-8878]
curtin.contributor.orcidKenworthy, Jeff [0000-0002-5468-6779]
curtin.contributor.researcheridMarinova, Dora [H-2093-2013]
curtin.identifier.article-number8896
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridMarinova, Dora [6701561637]


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