How To Study Public Life
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23399463 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jan Gehl, Birgitte Svarre |
| Year | 2013 |
| Pages | 179 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | How to Study Public Life (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Island Press/Center for Resource Economics (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5822/978-1-61091-525-0 |
| OpenAlex | W1559689324 |
| Open Library | OL50674345M |
| ISBN | 9781610915250 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 152 |
How do we accommodate a growing urban population in a way that is sustainable, equitable, and inviting? This question is becoming increasingly urgent to answer as we face diminishing fossil-fuel resources and the effects of a changing climate while global cities continue to compete to be the most vibrant centers of culture, knowledge, and finance. Jan Gehl has been examining this question since the 1960s, when few urban designers or planners were thinking about designing cities for people. But given the unpredictable, complex and ephemeral nature of life in cities, how can we best design public infrastructureâ vital to cities for getting from place to place, or staying in placeâ for human use? Studying city life and understanding the factors that encourage or discourage use is the key to designing inviting public space. In How to Study Public Life Jan Gehl and Birgitte Svarre draw from their combined experience of over 50 years to provide a history of public-life study as well as methods and tools necessary to recapture city life as an important planning dimension. This type of systematic study began in earnest in the 1960s, when several researchers and journalists on different continents criticized urban planning for having forgotten life in the city. City life studies provide knowledge about human behavior in the built environment in an attempt to put it on an equal footing with knowledge about urban elements such as buildings and transport systems. Studies can be used as input in the decision-making process, as part of overall planning, or in designing individual projects such as streets, squares or parks. The original goal is still the goal today: to recapture city life as an important planning dimension. Anyone interested in improving city life will find inspiration, tools, and examples in this invaluable guide.
Architectural engineering · Built environment · Civil engineering · Environmental planning · Ephemeral key · Face (sociological concept) · Geography · Human Dimension · Political science · Population · Public relations · Public space · Social science · Sociology · Urban design · Urban planning · Ecology · Engineering · Urban Design and Spatial Analysis · Adaptation (Biology) · Architecture · Building Types and Functions · Design - General · Design and construction · Environment, general · Environmental sciences · Euthenics · Nature and nurture · Urban ecology (sociology)
The perception of public spaces in Mexico city, a governance approach
Theoretical dimension of outdoor thermal comfort research
Understanding the process of parks’ attachment
Small-scale Urbanism and Social Sustainability - Interdisciplinary Research of Public Space in Zagreb
The Association between Ground Floor Features and Public Open Space Face-To-Face Interactions
Estructura de indicadores de habitabilidad del espacio público en ciudades latinoamericanas
A river runs through the landscape
The Sidewalk as a Contested Space
Public open spaces planning for the elderly
Participatory process for land readjustment as a strategy to gain the right to territory
Assessment tools for urban sustainability policies in Spanish Mediterranean tourist areas
The influence of street network configuration on sexual harassment patterns in Cairo
Exciting walk-only precincts in Asia, Europe and North-America
Social relationships and patterns of use in urban public spaces in China and the United Kingdom
Street pedestrianization in urban districts
Using locative social media and urban cartographies to identify and locate successful urban plazas
Public space and the challenge of urban transformation in cities of emerging economies
Legibility of neighborhood parks as a predicator for enhanced social interaction towards social sustainability
Perceived security of women in relation to their path choice toward sustainable neighborhood in Santiago, Chile
Methodology for the assessment of connectivity and comfort of urban rivers
Transporte y su integración con el entorno urbano
Informal laneway encroachment
The role of land use and vitality in fostering gender equality in urban public parks
Comparison of perceived sustainability among different neighbourhoods in transitional China
Capturing reality
Measuring visual quality of street space and its temporal variation
Visitor flows, trajectories and corridors
Integrating Observation and Network Analysis to Identify Patterns of Use in the Public Space
A salutogenic urban design framework
Understanding an Urban Park through Big Data
A Study of Older Adults’ Perception of High-Density Housing Neighbourhoods in Singapore
Perceived Safety and Pedestrian Performance in Pedestrian Priority Streets (PPSs) in Seoul, Korea
Research on Constructing a Healing Environment for the Street Spaces of a High-Density City
The Impact of PM10 Levels on Pedestrian Volume
Integration of the Public Realm into the Urban Fabric for Sustainable Urbanism in Middle Eastern Cities
Institutional stakeholders’ perceptions of a sustainable neighbourhood in metropolitan Lagos
Online Education and the Covid-19 Outbreak
The Use of ICTs to Support Social Participation in the Planning, Design and Maintenance of Public Spaces in Latin America
Multidimensional Spatial Vitality Automated Monitoring Method for Public Open Spaces Based on Computer Vision Technology
Using Flickr Data to Understand Image of Urban Public Spaces with a Deep Learning Model
Blue-Green Playscapes
Centers in the Event Domain
Conviviality in Public Squares
The Changing Nature of In-Between Spaces in the Transformation Process of Cities
Analyzing the Impact of Spatial Configuration and Function on Movement Patterns of First-Time Visitors to Historic Urban Areas
Użytkowanie Wybranych Terenów Zieleni W Lublinie
Aspects of openness in Hong Kong coffee shops
Community life on demand in ground-floor shop spaces
Design Actions for the Global Gaze. Evolution and Contradictions of Temporary Installations in San Francisco’s Public Space
Theorizing the plot scale
Nathan Phillips Square
Investigating socio-spatial effects of design interventions with computational methods
Sociopetality or sociofugality? The effects of post-pandemic on public open space
Transitional edges
Assessment of the effect of the design of a public garden on the biophilic behavior of its users in Guelma (northeastern Algeria)
Lockdown in a disneyfied city
The impact of the built environment on creativity in public spaces of Dutch university campuses and science parks
Reconnecting waterfronts and central neighbourhoods
Urban humanities as a framework for the study of public space during the pandemic
High streets, ageing and well-being
Street furniture as a place-making tool
Multidimensional dynamics of pedestrian-environment interaction
Ultraviolet radiation (UVR) exposure in playgrounds
Young families and children in gentrifying neighbourhoods
Cultural ecosystem services of informal green spaces
Digital methods as ‘experimental a priori’ – how to navigate vague empirical situations as an operationalist pragmatist
Covid-19 Kentsel-Kamusal Alan Kullanım ve Tasarımını Nasıl Etkileyecek? Bir Değerlendirme
Capacities and Impacts of Community Arts and Culture Initiatives in Singapore
In the blind spot
Operationalizing affordances for public space
Participatory pedagogies enhance engineering education for sustainability
Evidence-based urban design studio
Productive Frictions
Behavioral Mapping and Rhythmanalysis
The Behavioral Response to Increased Pedestrian and Staying Activity in Public Space
Revisiting Gehl’s urban design principles with computer vision and webcam data
Evaluating sensors for the measurement of public life
Street edge subdivision
Understanding volume and correlations of automated walk count
A case-based methodology for investigating urban comfort through interpretive research and microclimate analysis in post-earthquake Christchurch, New Zealand
Measuring pedestrian volume by land use mix
Wind and the city
Reversed urbanism
Innovative housing models to support shared use of space
Thinking beyond green space
Development vs Antiquity
A System for Monitoring the Environment of Historic Places Using Convolutional Neural Network Methodologies
Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building
Assessing Urban Public Space Quality
Towards Resilient and Inclusive Cities
Enhancing Livability Through Walkability
Build It and They Will Stay”
Bridging Perceptions
The Impact of Urban Design on Utilitarian and Leisure Walking—The Relative Influence of Street Network Connectivity and Streetscape Features
How Design Is Appropriated
Public space without the public
On the ethics of researching informal urbanism
Beyond the residents–businesses clash – urban movements and cultural struggles in Shida, Taipei (2007–2015)
Two cultures of walking
Unpacking the ‘child-centred’ myth
| Unique citing works | 152 |
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| Citations per year | 13,82 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2026 (12) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 125 |