Public Spaces and Identity Construction: The Experience of Montes de Oca

Johnny Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, María Ruiz-Fuentes and Carlos Murillo-Zamora

Revista de Ciencias Económicas, 2020, vol. 38, issue 2

Abstract: Development and urban planning, in a world increasingly globalized and characterized by digital communication and the predominance of social networks, has a direct impact on the nature of public spaces -especially when one thinks in terms of the Greek agora- and in the construction of identity in the communities; which affects citizen participation. In that sense, the public space in the condominiums, and in general in the neighborhoods, becomes a place where interaction between people does not necessarily take place for public debate about community problems. But, above all, the public space is replaced by the non-public space that is in the shopping centers and other non-public spheres. Faced with this, local governments do not adopt public policies that encourage citizen interaction. The Montes Oca canton is a good example of the way in which public spaces are used today.

Keywords: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC POLICY; LOCAL GOVERNMENT; PUBLIC SPACE; IDENTITY; ADMINISTRACIÓN PÚBLICA; POLÍTICA PÚBLICA; GOBIERNO MUNICIPAL; ESPACIO PÚBLICO; IDENTIDAD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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