This article examines the user experience in the city-centre street space, focusing on three main themes: space usage; the behaviour of users and interventions to direct behaviour by urban authorities; and the sensory and emotional experiences of being on the street. The emphasis is on people’s interaction with the city centre and their perceptions of it. These interactions generated multi-dimensional perspectives linked to individual socio-demographic characteristics producing place-specific experiences. The article uses film, photography and testimony to provide insights into street usage and, while acknowledging that the retail function of the city centre was fundamental, argues that this space generated wider experiences beyond the acqu...
One of the indications of social change in a city is the shift in the character of its central shopp...
In recent years, the centres of many towns and cities have been reshaped by urban design projects, b...
This article uses a range of life writing to examine the ways in which urban travellers engaged with...
The social life of cities is a key concept related to social cohesion, which has been the subject of...
This paper explores the ways in which a young woman who migrated from Londonderry to London in the 1...
This article examines the neglected sensory experience of visual physical colour in the city/town ce...
Preliminary studies have highlighted on the importance of the street as public space that provide s...
The British city centre has been the focus of dynamic housing development and repopulation strategie...
There are basically two kinds of city centres: historic and modern. Historic city centres, built in ...
This article analyses London's street markets in the years between 1850 and 1939. It shows how this ...
Travelling through a city was (and remains) a routine experience for many people, but direct informa...
We walk along the street every day. In the densely built urban environment, streets are the most abu...
Monitoring the changes in people’s presences in public spcaes can play a vital role in enhancing pla...
An urban space is a vital stage for social interaction and city life. Measuring the city life is alw...
© 2014 Dr. Rebecca Kate GoodbournThe gridded structure of Melbourne’s city centre was laid in 1837. ...
One of the indications of social change in a city is the shift in the character of its central shopp...
In recent years, the centres of many towns and cities have been reshaped by urban design projects, b...
This article uses a range of life writing to examine the ways in which urban travellers engaged with...
The social life of cities is a key concept related to social cohesion, which has been the subject of...
This paper explores the ways in which a young woman who migrated from Londonderry to London in the 1...
This article examines the neglected sensory experience of visual physical colour in the city/town ce...
Preliminary studies have highlighted on the importance of the street as public space that provide s...
The British city centre has been the focus of dynamic housing development and repopulation strategie...
There are basically two kinds of city centres: historic and modern. Historic city centres, built in ...
This article analyses London's street markets in the years between 1850 and 1939. It shows how this ...
Travelling through a city was (and remains) a routine experience for many people, but direct informa...
We walk along the street every day. In the densely built urban environment, streets are the most abu...
Monitoring the changes in people’s presences in public spcaes can play a vital role in enhancing pla...
An urban space is a vital stage for social interaction and city life. Measuring the city life is alw...
© 2014 Dr. Rebecca Kate GoodbournThe gridded structure of Melbourne’s city centre was laid in 1837. ...
One of the indications of social change in a city is the shift in the character of its central shopp...
In recent years, the centres of many towns and cities have been reshaped by urban design projects, b...
This article uses a range of life writing to examine the ways in which urban travellers engaged with...