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Spatial Theories Of The Urban, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Phillip O'Neill
Spatial Theories Of The Urban, Pauline M. Mcguirk, Phillip O'Neill
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
This paper explores how spatial theories, models and concepts function as representations whose underlying logic and reasoning are primarily metaphorical. We examine the underlying metaphors and founding premises of key theories of urban systems and of cities' internal spatialisation, and we trace these theories' production as artifacts of how we think space. The purpose of this is to focus attention on how metaphors, as representations of space, make the city available to us for analysis; what they foreground and what they elide. We suggest how, as representations, these theories give us interpretive frames through which we grasp empirical data and …
Urban Vitality, Culture And The Public Realm, Pauline Mcguirk, Robyn Dowling, Christopher R. Gibson, Kurt Iveson, Kathy Mee
Urban Vitality, Culture And The Public Realm, Pauline Mcguirk, Robyn Dowling, Christopher R. Gibson, Kurt Iveson, Kathy Mee
Faculty of Social Sciences - Papers (Archive)
The urban public realm is critical to creating and maintaining vital and inclusive cities. There has been a welcome acknowledgement of the importance of the urban public realm in Australian urban policy, with increasing amounts of energy and resources devoted to its improvement. However, while there is apparent agreement on the significance of public space there is less clarity over what constitutes 'good' public space and the degree to which it can be deliberately created. Beyond this, urban public spaces and institutions are being transformed by urban redevelopment trends, culture-based and creative city planning strategies, shifts in management and ownership …