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Title: Fear and Fantasy in the Public Domain: The Development of Secured and Themed Urban Space
Author(s): Melik, R.G. van ; Aalst, I. van; Weesep, J. van
Publication year: 2007
Source: Journal of Urban Design, vol. 12, iss. 1, (2007), pp. 25-42
Number of Pages: 18 p.
ISSN: 1357-4809
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13574800601071170
Publication type: Article / Letter to editor

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Subject: Other research
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Organization: Sociale geografie
Journal title:
Journal of Urban Design
Volume: vol. 12
Issue: iss. 1
Page start: p. 25
Page end: p. 42
Abstract:
Current projects to upgrade public spaces in Western cities seek to produce secured space by improving safety and decrease feelings of fear, and to produce themed space by promoting urban entertainment or fantasy. This study examines how ‘fear’ and ‘fantasy’ influence urban design and management of two public spaces in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. It traces social antecedents for the development of secured and themed public space, such as a growing differentiation of urban lifestyles, and proposes a new technique for analysing public spaces. The case studies differ in design and management: one is secured, the other themed. However, each secured space contains an element of ‘fantasy’, and each themed space an element of ‘fear’.

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