The South African Experience of Racial Based Segregation Legislation and its impact on Public Space Development People-Centred Public Spaces are attentive to the needs of communities, democratic, and responsive to the spatial environment of cities. Public space is a key component for cities in sustaining a viable…

Cities that improve the quality of life for their citizens experience higher levels of prosperity; they are also likely to find themselves more advanced in terms of sustainability. Such cities strive towards social equity and gender equality by increasing access to the urban commons and public good, preventing p…

Seating is an important contributor to the social effectiveness of public spaces, due to its ability to support stay activities. This paper focuses on the contributions seating makes to sociability in Queen Street Mall in Brisbane, a public space where limited qualitative assessment has been conducted on seating…

Green Riyadh is one of Riyadh’s four mega projects launched by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Salman Bin Abdulaziz, on 19 March 2019. The project will be a milestone that contributes to fulfilling a key goal of Vision 2030 to promote Riyadh’s position among the world’s top 100 most livable cities. 7.5 mill…

Public spaces emerge through the layering of interventions implemented over time in response to shifting urban priorities, regulatory frameworks, and moments of urgency. Concerns about climate change, security, and crime are increasingly shaping how these are adapted and managed. These efforts are rarely coordin…

A sense of safety is much more complex than avoidance of crime. For women, girls and gender diverse people, the daily inconvenience of having to consistently take a longer route home to avoid certain areas, hold their keys between their fists, having to carry a buggy up steps, or being underserved by public transport s…