Understanding Urban Public Space in a Leisure Context |
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Authors: | Amanda J Johnson Troy D Glover |
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Institution: | 1. Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management , University of Manitoba , Winnipeg , MB , Canada;2. Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies , University of Waterloo , Waterloo , ON , Canada |
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Abstract: | For many people, the city is a landscape of everyday life. In cities, public spaces serve as venues for social interaction, sociability, conviviality, and the enactment of community. Despite their relevance to community life, however, urban spaces remain underexamined in the leisure literature. If researchers seek to understand leisure in the context of everyday experiences, they must also consider the spatial perspective in which leisure activities are pursued. In this research reflection, we argue that urban public spaces and some private spaces are fundamentally leisure settings that warrant greater research attention. We propose to broaden the conceptual understanding of what constitutes urban public space by outlining four categories of urban space based on ownership and accessibility. |
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Keywords: | access built environment club space common space ownership private-public space |
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