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: Received: 25 May 2024 / Approved: 27 May 2024 / Online: 27 May 2024 (11:00:50 CEST)
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Pansare, P.; Salama, A. M.; McIntyre, L. A Quasi-Chronological Investigation of Inclusivity as a Key Constituent of Social Sustainability. Preprints2024, 2024051729. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1729.v1
Pansare, P.; Salama, A. M.; McIntyre, L. A Quasi-Chronological Investigation of Inclusivity as a Key Constituent of Social Sustainability. Preprints 2024, 2024051729. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1729.v1
Pansare, P.; Salama, A. M.; McIntyre, L. A Quasi-Chronological Investigation of Inclusivity as a Key Constituent of Social Sustainability. Preprints2024, 2024051729. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1729.v1
APA Style
Pansare, P., Salama, A. M., & McIntyre, L. (2024). A Quasi-Chronological Investigation of Inclusivity as a Key Constituent of Social Sustainability. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1729.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Pansare, P., Ashraf M. Salama and Lesley McIntyre. 2024 "A Quasi-Chronological Investigation of Inclusivity as a Key Constituent of Social Sustainability" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202405.1729.v1
Abstract
This research critically examines the dichotomies in urban public space and discussions on city evolution over the past two centuries. The original discourse identified amplifies the importance that inclusivity needs to address issues deeper than physical accessibility. The growing diversity and changes seen in urban public open spaces are followed throughout history along a timeline of important socio-political and planning injectors in the Western world. These public spaces are the important spine connecting all the private and semi-private parts of the city. Urban public spaces have seen population changes due to globalisation, resulting in mobility and changes due to the different needs of its diverse user base. In this paper, a rigorous quasi-chronological investigation is presented. Firstly, the context of the evolution of space is established. Secondly, a closer focus on inclusion research provides a thorough analysis of the utopian city plans, the development of Haussmann's Paris and the later plans of the Centrist and the Decentrist. Thirdly, a critical and analytical understanding of the effect these precursors have had on the city's public spaces, and the hierarchies it established in a nuanced manner are made explicit. The culmination of this research process is the identification of outcomes associated with inclusivity. Findings are established across three significant themes—a) Understanding public space as social space, b) Components of inclusivity, and c) Values of inclusivity including accessibility, sense of place, conviviality and resilience. Key insights and guidance for inclusivity as a key constituent of social sustainability are the unique contribution.
Keywords
Public Spaces; Inclusivity; Social Cohesion; Social Accessibility; Social Networks
Subject
Social Sciences, Urban Studies and Planning
Copyright:
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