How Do Urban Public Spaces Engage and Promote Civic Participation

A Comparative Historical Study Based on Ancient Chinese and Western Societies

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.220110.181How to use a DOI?

Keywords

urbanization; urban public space; civic participation; practical reference

Abstract

With the development of urbanization, urban public space and civic participation have become an exploratory topic of academic research in many disciplines. Nevertheless, few papers have involved the relationship between urban public space and civic participation through a comparative perspective on the West and the East. This article applies comparative research methods to study public space and civic participation in ancient Western and Eastern cities mainly focusing on Greece, Rome, and the Han Dynasty in China. This research paper is divided into three parts. Firstly, it studies the public space of Western cities represented by Athens in Ancient Greece and Rome. Secondly, it analyses the public space of Eastern cities represented by Chang’an and Luoyang in the Han Dynasty. It can be found that urban public spaces both in the East and the West can be classified into political, economic, cultural, religious, and amusement types. Finally, the relationship between public space and civic participation is explored through a comparative view, which can be found that urban public space can promote civic participation in 3 ways: establishing community awareness, enhancing public collective coordination, and promoting the benign interaction of various social strata. Therefore, looking back into nowadays, for the practical significance, this paper can provide a practical reference for today’s urban planning, construction, and management.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Huirong Cheng
AU  - Min Lei
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/01/28
TI  - How Do Urban Public Spaces Engage and Promote Civic Participation
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 955
EP  - 961
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220110.181
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.181
ID  - Cheng2022
ER  -