Revitalization of Public Spaces as a High Priority Strategy for European Cities Authors Lyudmila Kozlova Downloads PDF (Русский) DOI: https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.35.18 Keywords: public space, identity, urban environment, city development strategy, pedestrian streets Abstract Over the last few decades, public spaces have been suffering from a progressive dystrophy. Prevalence of private cars in the absence of a good alternative to public transport and fragmentation of the city in the absence of its proper complex organization do a lot of harm to the city’s image.Many foreign cities started to value urban public spaces and to revitalize them about forty years ago. Examples of successful cities and various inspiring decisions encourage us to create a city structure as a place where people meet. Each city has an individual approach, but common features of the cities are: aspiration to create a comfort environment for a human being, a strong leader who can realize this idea and sequential and decisive actions to create a humane city for people. How to Cite Kozlova, L. (2013). Revitalization of Public Spaces as a High Priority Strategy for European Cities. Project Baikal, 10(35), 66–73. https://doi.org/10.7480/projectbaikal.35.18 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Published 2013-01-21 Issue No. 35 (2013): public spaces Section Articles Author Biography Lyudmila Kozlova post-graduate of the Department of Architecture at Institute of Architecture and Construction of National Research Irkutsk State Technical University References Gehl, J. & Gemzøe, L. (2006) New City Spaces. Copenhagen: ArkitektensForlag. GehlArchitectsApS (2009) Partitur des öffentlichen Raums. ReferatReprographie. Wien: MA 21A.