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Summary

This literature review is prepared for the cross cutting review on public space and local environments. It concentrates on literature produced over the last decade on the subject of public space, but some earlier work is also cited. It covers academic papers and articles, books, government and NGO reports and policy.

The backdrop to this review should be described at the outset. In the UK, as elsewhere, urban and, increasingly, rural development processes have changed over the last two decades. Development companies have become larger, more complex and more powerful (Madanipour 1999). They have also become less numerous and have utilised new construction technologies. Financing has also become more national and international, rather than local. Investors and developers have, by this process, become less concerned with the cultural and emotional value of public space. Instead, they regard it as a commodity. Consequently, built form has changed significantly.

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