Open and civic space

Open and civic space

Open and civic space encompasses the public realm, urban squares and public parks and recreation space.

Description

Open space, for the purposes of urban Securipedia, is broken into the following archtypes:

Type of open and civic space	Description	Icon
Public realm	the public realm is defined as public space including streets, pathways, parks, publicly accessible open spaces and any public/civic building and facilities.
Urban squares	A planned open public space, usually rectangular in shape with clearly defined borders. These locations usually have significant footfall as public meeting places, concerts, markets or public rallies.
Public parks and recreation space	Recreational space in the urban environment encompasses those areas which are publicly accessible and conducive to citizens refreshing their mind or body through passive or active activity. Recreation space can broadly be grouped as formal (e.g. playing fields, tennis courts, etc), informal (e.g. city parks, linear river walks, incidental open space within residential schemes, etc) and children's playing space (e.g. playgrounds).

Hereinafter, wherever an aspect specific to one of these archetypes is described, the corresponding icon will be displayed.

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