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The Journal of Public Space The Journal of Public Space is promoted by City Space Architecture in partnership with UN-Habitat.

The Journal of Public Space is the first, international, interdisciplinary, academic, open access journal entirely dedicated to public space. It speaks different languages and is open to embrace diversity, inconvenient dialogues and untold stories, from multidisciplinary fields and all countries, especially from those that usually do not have voice, overcoming the Western-oriented approach that is

leading the current discourse. As a proper public space, The Journal of Public Space is free, accessible and inclusive, providing a platform for emerging and consolidated researchers; it is intended to foster research, showcase best practices and inform discussion about the more and more important issues related to public spaces in our changing and evolving societies.

A new issue of 'The Journal of Public Space', Vol. 10 n. 1 (2025), is online!This thematic issue, "Safe and Sound Cities...
15/10/2025

A new issue of 'The Journal of Public Space', Vol. 10 n. 1 (2025), is online!
This thematic issue, "Safe and Sound Cities", was developed in collaboration with Global Infrastructure Basel Foundation (GIB), a Swiss-based foundation committed to mainstreaming the global transition to sustainable and resilient infrastructure.

The issue is presenting the result of the last two years of collective efforts of the Safe and Sound Cities programme (S²Cities), managed by GIB, aimed at empowering youth-led innovation for inclusive urban development and strengthening the capacities of government, young people, civil society, and the private sector to improve urban safety through participatory urban planning and design. Launched in 2021, the programme has engaged over 10,500 young people to date in implementing 25+ urban rehabilitation projects across Colombia, Ecuador, Indonesia, and the Philippines.

You can read the full issue here:
Editors: Luisa Bravo and Carla Hermida

The Journal of Public Space is a diamond open-access journal, its contents are freely accessible under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC).
City Space Architecture UN-HABITAT (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Swiss Philanthropy Foundation Fondation Botnar Universidad del Azuay City Collab Universidad EAFIT Jens Aerts Huasipichanga Fundación Mi Sangre Oficial

Cover image: Skateboard Park under the bridge located beside the Huashan 1914 Creative Park in Taipei, Taiwan. Picture by Poh Soo Donald Soh.

A new issue of 'The Journal of Public Space', Vol. 9 n. 1 (2024), is on line!This thematic issue "Let Her Guide You" was...
01/11/2024

A new issue of 'The Journal of Public Space', Vol. 9 n. 1 (2024), is on line!
This thematic issue "Let Her Guide You" was developed in collaboration with the UN-HABITAT (United Nations Human Settlements Programme) Her City initiative and underscores the imperative of incorporating gender and youth perspectives into urban planning and design.

This special issue features papers by young academic scholars selected from the Her City Master students’ alumni network, including case studies of feminist planning from Heerlen (The Netherlands), Nairobi (Kenya), Stockholm (Sweden), and Weimar (Germany). It also includes a diverse range of invited viewpoints advocating for collaborative approaches to urban development together with girls and young women, complemented by illustrative case studies from around the globe, including Belgium, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Mozambique, Palestine, Peru, South Africa, Sweden, Thailand, Uganda, and the United Kingdom.

By centring gender and youth perspectives in the urban planning process, this thematic issue highlights the potential to transform public spaces into more equitable, engaging, and sustainable environments. It calls on city makers, researchers, and community leaders to ensure that contemporary cities are designed with and for everyone.

You can read the full issue here: https://www.journalpublicspace.org/index.php/jps/issue/view/87
Editors: Anna Barker, Luisa Bravo

The Journal of Public Space is a diamond open access journal, contents are freely accessible under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY NC). It is promoted by City Space Architecture in partnership with the UN-Habitat (United Nations Human Settlements Programme)

Cover image: Her City mural in Kampala, Uganda.

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The Journal of Public Space is a research project promoted by City Space Architecture, a non-profit organization based in Italy, in partnership with UN-Habitat, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme, based in Kenya.

“Public space in cities is a common good, meant to be open, inclusive and democratic, a fundamental human right for everybody.” Dr Luisa Bravo The Journal of Public Space, Founder and Editor in Chief City Space Architecture, Founding Member and President (from the statement submitted at the 26th UN-Habitat Governing Council held in Nairobi, Kenya, 8-12 May 2017) Stand up for Public Space! | UN-Habitat Global Urban Lecture by Dr Luisa Bravo (click here) | A global campaign launched at the Habitat III conference in Quito, Ecuador, 2016 (click here).

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