Evaluating the quality of mid-sized city parks: a replication and extension of the Public Space Index

Evans, Jocelyn; Evans, Sara Z.; Morgan, John D.; Snyder, Jamie A.; Abderhalden, Frances P.

doi:10.1080/13574809.2017.1411185

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“…The results of the PSI based on literature review and empirical research support this study based on statistical data. The model used by Evans et al [20] by developing the PSI also supports this inference. Similarly, Praliya, S. and Garg, P. [29] determined public space quality parameters in 8 categories with the PSQI (Public Space Quality Index) model.…”

Section: Attractivenessmentioning

confidence: 60%

“…In parallel, Mehta defines five main factors and further subsections for the quality measurement of open public spaces by matching them with various research methods which she applies in the resulting studies [19]. This method, called the PSI (Public Space Index) covers the inclusiveness, meaningful activities, comfort, safety, and pleasurably aspects of a defined area [20] Similar to this, PPS (Project for Public Spaces Inc.) was founded in 1975 and is an organization with several successfully realized public space projects. According to PPS, a successful public space must fulfill for following four core functions: Access and connections, purpose and activities, comfort and image, and socialization [21].…”

Section: Multidimensional Level Of Service In a Public Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

“…According to the measuring the quality of public space, a questionnaire based on these factors is prepared and applied to 120 participants in Beyazit square and the surrounding in Istanbul. 20 1. Due to the nominal values, Categorical Principal Component Analysis is performed on the questionnaire data.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Quality Assessment of Public Spaces: The Case of Beyazit Square and Its Surroundings

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Özöğür‐Akyüz²,

Etike³

2022

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Section: Attractivenessmentioning

confidence: 60%

Section: Multidimensional Level Of Service In a Public Spacementioning

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2022

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“…Scholars have also started to design concrete instruments to assess these essential qualities of public spaces and their 'publicness' (Akkar 2005;Evans et al 2019;Langstraat and van Melik 2013;Mehta 2014;Németh and Schmidt 2011;Varna 2014;Varna and Tiesdell 2010). Using such instruments, the ways attributes or qualities of public spaces come together and assemble part of particular space-times can be studied both through observable aspects (by the researcher) as well as lived through, by visitors, using city spaces (Mehta 2014(Mehta , 2019.…”

Section: Qualities Of Public Spacementioning

confidence: 99%

Supplemental safety? Exploring experienced safety in relation to other qualities of successful public spaces

Brands

Doorn

Spithoven

2020

Journal of Urban Design

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Combining insights from the urban design and criminological literature, this paper explores the degree to which conviviality, feeling welcome, and feeling at home are related to peoples' experiences of safety. A questionnaire was distributed on four squares in the city of Utrecht, the Netherlands. While participants valued the positive qualities of the squares differently, feeling safe was connected to a wider, positive evaluation of the quality of space and especially to feeling at home. By investing primarily in public spaces that are 'homely' or 'domesticated', a 'supplemental safety' might therefore be nurtured. This poses important insights for safety management.

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“…It is essential to people's physical as well as mental health (Jennings et al , 2016). Over the past decades, a burgeoning number of researches have explored different aspects of POS, such as accessibility and distributional equity (Jennings et al , 2012; Tang, 2017); space quality (Evans et al , 2019); and the design strategies to benefit the disadvantaged people (Yung et al , 2016). Scholars have reached a consensus that POS are barely satisfactory both in terms of quantity and quality, which to some extent led to the emergence of privately owned public open spaces (POPOS), or public open space in private developments (POSPD) in Hong Kong, as supplementation of POS and a common policy to moderate the intensification of urbanization.…”

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ICT as a solution for the revitalization of public open space in private developments

Jian

Chan

Yao

2020

BEPAM

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PurposePOSPD, as supplementation of public open spaces (POS), has become a common policy to moderate the intensification of urbanization. However, some access restrictions, both physical and information-wise, were deliberately designed by private developers to reserve the POSPD for their own gains, which further hampers POSPD’s publicness and leads to their failure to bear social responsibilities.Design/methodology/approachBy analyzing the current situation of the availability of public open space in private developments (POSPD) from the perspective of information justice, this research aims at proposing a policy framework for an “accessible and interactive platform” which advocates promoting informational justice by integrating public participation into the establishment of an interaction loop to promote the revitalization of POSPD. The methodology includes the review of previous solutions and platforms, the establishment of a POSPD database and geographic information system (GIS) analysis.FindingsThe POSPD in Hong Kong are unevenly distributed physically while the information about them is injustice and inadequate. Understanding the existing informational injustice associated with POSPD and revitalizing the stock spaces is timely and vital. Using the user-generated data from volunteers as the information flow, the proposed responsive POSPD platform will provide continuous positive feedback for policy improvement to help realize the collaborative management and sustainable development of the POS.Originality/valueMaking use of information and communication technology (ICT) to extend the “public” to the “internet-based”, the proposed framework regards the exploitation of ICT to enhance information justice as a novel way to revitalize POSPD. It involves collaborative operation among citizen participation and official POS management.

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Evaluating the quality of mid-sized city parks: a replication and extension of the Public Space Index

Cited by 15 publications

References 8 publications

Quality Assessment of Public Spaces: The Case of Beyazit Square and Its Surroundings

Quality Assessment of Public Spaces: The Case of Beyazit Square and Its Surroundings

Supplemental safety? Exploring experienced safety in relation to other qualities of successful public spaces

ICT as a solution for the revitalization of public open space in private developments

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