How Much Are Public Spaces Worth? Non-Market Valuation Methods in Valuing Public Spaces

Film Festivals as Public Spaces

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Valuing Nature: A Survey of the Non-Market Valuation Literature

The use of geo-spatial differentiation in resource economics has become more widespread in recent years, particularly in the urban and real estate literature. However, previous to use in environmental economics, geo-spatial characteristics were used in international trade and theories of industrial concentration (Krugman, 1998). Geographic Information Systems, or GIS, is a database management s...

Book Review: Convivial Urban Spaces: Creating Effective Public Places

Right to the City and Urban Public Spaces

Right to the city is composed of appropriation and participation in urban affairs. Appropriation is realized through movement in the city, presence in it, comfort feeling, and having proper spaces. While urban participation is possible through being involved in urban policy-making, decision-making for physical and spatial issues, urban economy, ownership and control of urban...

Large Display Information Visualization in Public Spaces

For my doctoral research I am exploring the potential and challenges of large display information visualizations in public settings such as museums. The combination of information visualization as a means to represent abstract data and interactive display technologies, shows great potential for engaging visitor experiences. However, public spaces with their diverse audience and distractions int...