Public parks in Ghent's City life: From expression to emancipation?

Els De Vos

European Planning Studies, 2004, vol. 13, issue 7, 1035-1061

Abstract: With three empirically based and theoretically framed case studies, this paper contributes to the understanding of how public spaces, more specifically urban parks, can mediate between different subgroups of society, such as women, seniors, gays and skaters, and how gender related connotations play an important role in these respects. This study draws upon a comparative analysis of three parks in Ghent, Belgium. The elements of analysis are the physical morphology, history, signification and the use by different kinds of park visitors. The article shows a new approach to design of public spaces.

Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1080/09654310500242097

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