Gra o przestrzeń publiczną miast
Game for urban public space

Summary/Abstract: Public space has been considered as “state”, i.e. “no-one’s” until recently, but it has become more and more important during the transition. Public space transformed to an arena where different types of “players” are encountering each other. In the battle for public space there are visible interests of inter alia self-governments, private investors and city dwellers. Investments in public space causes that it is changing dynamically. Who makes the final decision on the outlook and performance of and functions carried out by public spaces? Is it always in accordance with expectations of users? There are definitions of public space and the concept of semipublic space presented in the first part of the paper. In the second part there is focus on main “players” for public space. Their motives as well as preferences in space management are presented. Finally, some examples of changes in urban public spaces are discussed which are often an effect of a game of interests.

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