Urban Design is one of the ways in which we help to support the everyday lives of people in public places. The professional practice of urban design emerged from the disciplines of landscape and architecture as an extension of the traditional concerned with the arrangement of, and relationship between built elements and functional design to place a far greater focus on the in uence of design on people and city life. Over time the professional scope has expanded to include an appreciation of the economic, functional, detail social and use aspects of place. This report provides a contemporary summary of urban design considerations. It uses these to analyse a number of prominent and emerging case studies to investigate the ways in which urban design is being used to facilitate social participation in the public realm. How can we use our contemporary understanding of urban design to analyse the social performance of public places and then use this to recommend tactics for future projects?
© Australian Urban Design Research Centre 2015
People in public spaces
Urban design tactics to facilitate social participation in the public realm