Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Abstract

The emerging role of private sector in neoliberal city development is creating disconnect of contemporary public space with physical and social context. The following paper uses four case studies of public spaces within Karachi, mega city of Pakistan, to highlight the developing trends creating lack of context integration to place. The main research question for this study is, how well do the contemporary public spaces cater to inclusivity and integration with social and physical context? The research methodology used is mixed methods and qualitative research. Surveys and interviews conducted evaluate success factors and limitations in design approach to public spaces.

Keywords

Public space contemporary South Asia Karachi context integration publicness

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Agnew

(2011) Space and place. In: Agnew

Livingstone

(ed.) The SAGE Handbook of Geographical Knowledge. New York: Sage, pp.316–330.

Ahmed

(2021) Examining challenges experienced by street vendors in the global south: case of Karachi. Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers–Urban Design and Planning 174(1): 15–24. https://doi.org/10.1680/jurdp.20.00024

Benn

Gaus

(1983) Public and Private in Social Life. New York: Taylor & Francis.

Bentley

McGlynn

Smith

, et al. (1985) Responsive Environments: A Manual for Designers. London: Routledge. Available at: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780080516172/responsive-environments-paul-murrain-alan-alcock-graham-smith-ian-bentley-sue-mcglynn

Boyer

(1994) The City of Collective Memory: Its Historical Imagery and Architectural Entertainments. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Carmona

de Magalhães

Hammond

, eds. (2008) Public Space: The Management Dimension. Routledge.

Carmona

(2010a) Contemporary public space: critique and classification, part one: critique. Journal of Urban Design 15(1): 123–148.

Carmona

(2010b) Contemporary public space, part two: classification. Journal of Urban Design 15(2): 157–173.

Carmona

Heath

, et al. (2003) Public Places-Urban Spaces. London: Routledge. Available at: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780080515427/public-places-urban-spaces-matthew-carmona-tim-heath-taner-oc-steve-tiesdell-matthew-carmona

10.

Davoudi

Madanipour

(2015) Reconsidering Localism. London: Routledge.

11.

De Magalhães

(2010) Public space and the contracting-out of publicness: a framework for analysis. Journal of Urban Design 15(4): 559–574.

12.

De Magalhães

Carmona

(2009) Dimensions and models of contemporary public space management in England. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management 52(1): 111–129.

13.

Duncan

(1996) Renegotiating gender and sexuality in public and private spaces. In: Duncan

(ed.) BodySpace. New York: Routledge, pp.127–145.

14.

Ellin

(1999) Postmodern Urbanism. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.

15.

Fainstein

(2001) The City Builders: Property Development in New York and London, 1980-2000. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas.

16.

Graaf

, eds. (2020) Street Vending in the Neoliberal City: A Global Perspective on the Practices and Policies of a Marginalized Economy. New York: Berghahn Books. Available at: https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/GraaffStreet

17.

Groat

Wang

(2002) Architectural Research Methods. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.

18.

Habermas

(2001) The Liberating Power of Symbols: Philosophical Essays. MIT Press.

19.

Harvey

(2010) Social Justice and the City. Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press.

20.

Hasan

(2023) Development & culture. Daily Dawn Newspaper, January 29. Available at: https://www.dawn.com/news/1734195

21.

Hillier

Hanson

(1989) The Social Logic of Space. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

22.

(ed.) (2023) Routledge Handbook of Asian Cities. Taylor & Francis.

23.

Jacobs

(1961) The Death and Life of Great American Cities. New York: Vintage Books.

24.

Kayden

(2000). Privately Owned Public Space: The New York City Experience. Wiley. Available at: https://books.google.com.pk/books?hl=en&lr=&id=OpeNSAfYASoC&oi=fnd&pg=PP13&dq=privately+owned+public+spaces&ots=qJY4liHEUM&sig=wbBohkow0Jm3_o5dPWjFQ_C3CJ8&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=privately%20owned%20public%20spaces&f=false

25.

Kohn

(2004) Brave New Neighborhoods: The Privatization of Public Space. New York: Routledge. Available at: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203495117/brave-new-neighborhoods-margaret-kohn

26.

Light

Smith

, eds. (1998) Philosophy and Geography II: the Production of Public Space. New York: Rowman & Littlefield.

27.

Loukaitou-Sideris

(1996) Cracks in the city: addressing the constraints and potentials of urban design. Journal of Urban Design 1(1): 91–103.

28.

Loukaitou-Sideris

Banerjee

(1998) Urban Design Downtown: Poetics and Politics of Form. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

29.

Low

Smith

(eds.) (2013) The Politics of Public Space. Routledge.

30.

Lynch

(1960) The Image of the City. 1st ed. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press.

31.

Madanipour

(1996) Design of urban space: an inquiry into a socio-spatial process. Available at: https://eprints.ncl.ac.uk

32.

Madanipour

(2003) Public and Private Spaces of the City. London; New York: Routledge.

33.

Mitchell

(1996) Introduction: public space and the city. Urban Geography 17(2): 127–131.

34.

Mitchell

(2003) The Right to the City: Social Justice and the Fight for Public Space. Guilford Press.

35.

Relph

(1976) Place and Placelessness. Vol. 67. London: Pion. Available at: http://library.wur.nl/WebQuery/clc/116180

36.

Schmidt

Németh

(2010) Space, place and the city: emerging research on public space design and planning. Journal of Urban Design 15(4): 453–457.

37.

Schmidt

Németh

(2011) The privatization of public space: modeling and measuring publicness. Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design 38(1): 5–23.

38.

Sennett

(1990) The Conscience of the Eye: The Design and Social Life of Cities. New York: Knopf.

39.

Sorkin

(1992) Variations on a Theme Park: The New American City and the End of Public Space. New York: Macmillan. Available at: https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?hl=en&publication_year=1992&author=M.+Sorkin&title=+Variations+on+a+Theme+Park%3A+The+New+American+City+and+the+End+of+Public+Space+

40.

Tuan

Y-F

(1979) Space and Place: Humanistic Perspective. Cham: Springer. Available at: http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-94-009-9394-5_19

41.

Warpole

Knox

(2007) The Social Value of Public Spaces. Joseph Rowntree Foundation. Available at: https://www.jrf.org.uk/sites/default/files/jrf/migrated/files/2050-public-space-community.pdf

42.

Whyte

(1988) City: Rediscovering the Center. New York: Doubleday. Available at: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/552477.City

43.

Wilson

(1995) The rhetoric of urban space. New Left Review 209: 146–160.

44.

Yatmo

(2008) Street vendors as “out of place” urban elements. Journal of Urban Design 13(3): 387–402.

45.

Zeisel

(2006) Inquiry by Design: Environment/Behavior/Neuroscience in Architecture, Interiors, Landscape, and Planning. New York: W.W. Norton. Available at: http://psycnet.apa.org/psycinfo/2006-02438-000

46.

Zukin

(1996) The Cultures of Cities. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

Context Integration and Inclusivity in Contemporary Public Spaces of Major City From Global South—Case of Karachi,Pakistan

Abstract

Keywords

Get full access to this article

References