Placemaking
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Placemaking is a noun meaning The planning, design and management of public spaces with regard to the communities that will inhabit them.
Meaning
The planning, design and management of public spaces with regard to the communities that will inhabit them.
Example Sentences
The positive rhetoric and branding of placemaking is that it transforms run-down areas into vibrant and economically successful parts of the city. The reality is that it creates sterile places, emptied of so many of the essential aspects of urban life, except the expensive activities.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include soundscaping, streetscape, culturescape, space, roadscape, playworld.
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