Placemaking
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The planning, design and management of public spaces with regard to the communities that will inhabit them. uncountable
"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."
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From place + making.
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