Networks of public open spaces in the urban fabric

Aga, E

dc.contributor.author	Aga, E	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:52:43Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:52:43Z
dc.date.issued	2010	en
dc.identifier.issn	17433541	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/36016
dc.subject	Identity	en
dc.subject	Legibility	en
dc.subject	Livability	en
dc.subject	Network	en
dc.subject	Open public spaces	en
dc.subject	Urban fabric	en
dc.subject.other	architectural design	en
dc.subject.other	open space	en
dc.subject.other	planning practice	en
dc.subject.other	planning theory	en
dc.subject.other	theoretical study	en
dc.subject.other	town planning	en
dc.subject.other	urban area	en
dc.subject.other	California	en
dc.subject.other	Folegandros	en
dc.subject.other	Georgia	en
dc.subject.other	Greece	en
dc.subject.other	Italy	en
dc.subject.other	Los Angeles [California]	en
dc.subject.other	Santorini [Southern Aegean]	en
dc.subject.other	Savannah	en
dc.subject.other	Southern Aegean	en
dc.subject.other	United States	en
dc.subject.other	Veneto	en
dc.subject.other	Venezia [Veneto]	en
dc.subject.other	Venice	en
dc.title	Networks of public open spaces in the urban fabric	en
heal.type	conferenceItem	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.2495/SW100061	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.2495/SW100061	en
heal.publicationDate	2010	en
heal.abstract	Today, much emphasis is placed on the ecological dimension of architectural and town planning, focusing on the relationship between humans and the environment. Outdoor public spaces are a prominent element in physical planning structures, firstly because it is within them that the public life of their users may develop - they in fact serve to maintain an equilibrium between the private and public spheres in the cities - and secondly because with suitable planning they can provide environmentally-friendly natural inputs. A central open public area can function as the heart of a city. A whole network of open spaces, suitably interlinked and extending throughout the urban fabric, goes further, imparting vigour to all parts of it. Such open spaces comprise a totality that is something more than the sum of its components. Networks of open spaces in the historic cities of Venice (Italy), Venice Canals (L.A.), Savannah (Georgia), and Folegandros (Greece) are outstanding individual examples tending to confirm the above thesis. It has been verified that the balanced proliferation of open public spaces can create a comprehensible network and constitute an important element in their identity. The purpose of the following article is to document the importance of suitably planned polycentric structures, the crucial element being their relations of mutuality and their linkage with the cities not only of the present but also of the future. © 2010 WIT Press.	en
heal.journalName	WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.2495/SW100061	en
dc.identifier.volume	142	en
dc.identifier.spage	59	en
dc.identifier.epage	68	en