Zones of Comfort: The Public Space in the City of Difference

Journal title ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI
Author/s Elena Ostanel
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2013/107
Language Italian Pages 21 P. 9-29 File size 123 KB
DOI 10.3280/ASUR2013-107002
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The article deals with the concept of public space in the city of difference. The author focuses on how public space should be seen as a spatialization of the social where immigration design specific zones of comfort and, as a consequence, new urban centralities. In conclusion the article suggests which role should be played by local policies in order to plan a more accessible and nonanesthetic public space.

Keywords: Immigration; public space; urban policies; comfort; urban centralities.

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Elena Ostanel, Zone di comfort: lo spazio pubblico nella città della differenza in "ARCHIVIO DI STUDI URBANI E REGIONALI" 107/2013, pp 9-29, DOI: 10.3280/ASUR2013-107002