Rethinking third places : informal public spaces and community building /

Ray Oldenburg's concept of third place is revisited in this book through contemporary approaches and new examples of third places. Third place is not your home (first place), not your work (second place), but those informal public places in which we interact with the people. Readers will come t...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Dolley, Joanne (Editor), Bosman, Caryl (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2019].
Subjects:	Public spaces > Social aspects. Land use, Urban > Social aspects. City planning > Social aspects. Sociology, Urban. City and town life. Communities. Belonging (Social psychology)

Table of Contents:

Foreword by Ray Oldenburg
1. Rethinking third places and community building / Caryl Bosman and Joanne Dolley
2. Feminist perspectives on third places / Simone Fullagar, Wendy O'Brien and Kathy Lloyd
3. Planning for healthy ageing: how the use of third places contributes to the social health of older populations / Sara Alidoust and Caryl Bosman
4. Child-friendly third places / Geoff Woolcock
5. Planning for third places through evidence-based urban development / Elizelle Juaneé Cilliers
6. Eyes on the street: the role of 'third places' in improving perceived neighbourhood safety / Gordon Holden
7. Understanding popular music heritage practice through the lens of 'third place' / Lauren Istvandity, Sarah Baker, Jez Collins, Simone Driessen, and Catherine Strong
8. Third places and social capital
case study community gardens / Joanne Dolley
9. Third places in the ether around us: layers on the real world / Dmitri Williams and Do Own Kim
10. Third place in transit: public transport as a third place of mobility / Daniel O'Hare
11. Third places and their contribution to the street life / Leila Mahmoudi Farahani and David Beynon
Index.