Framing social encounters among strangers through urban design : a study of a new masterplanned neighbourhood

This thesis focuses on social encounters among strangers in the public spaces of a new masterplanned neighbourhood. By doing so, this research wants to address the dominant negative critiques that argue on the one hand that public life is in decline, and on the other, that the contemporary design tr...

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Main Author: Lopes Simoes Aelbrecht, P.
Published: University College London (University of London) 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.626230