Defining place-keeping: The long-term management of public spaces

Urban Forestry and Urban Greening

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-20

  Dempsey, Nicola ^a   Burton, Mel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Design; Landscape; Maintenance; Place making; Planning; Urban

Indexed keywords

GOVERNANCE APPROACH; LANDSCAPE PLANNING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MAINTENANCE; PARTNERSHIP APPROACH; POLICY MAKING; PUBLIC SPACE; URBAN DESIGN;

EID: 84856380768     PISSN: 16188667     EISSN: 16108167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ufug.2011.09.005     Document Type: Article

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