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Suburbs vs Third Places?
Suburbs vs Third Places?
- Source :
- IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering; February 2019, Vol. 471 Issue: 9 p092078-092078, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- In the shaping of suburban public space, a lot of attention is devoted to creating places enabling the strengthening of social ties, which is consistent with the ideas of integration and cohesion advocated by sociologists and urban planners. The so-called Third Places fit this description; they constitute the space between home and work, where we rest among friends and make ourselves visible to others. However, the previously conducted research indicates that the possibility of isolating oneself and living within the family is frequently the reason why residents of present-day suburbs choose such places. This means that the suburbs are becoming a space for recreation in a very restricted company or in outright solitude. The objective of the present study was to analyse the preferred forms and places of recreation, and the kind of personal interactions and relationships established by the inhabitants of suburban communities. During the study, several forms of preferred activities were distinguished, namely spending one's free time on one's own, which includes walks (also with a child or dog -
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17578981 and 1757899X
- Volume :
- 471
- Issue :
- 9
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs48742876