Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building: A Case Study of Subiaco, Western Australia
The residential built form, including open space, provides the physical environment for social interaction. Understanding urban open space, including semi-public and public domains, through the lens of physical accessibility and visual permeability can potentially facilitate the building of a sense...
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| author | Swapan, A. Marinova, Dora Bay, J. |
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| description | The residential built form, including open space, provides the physical environment for social interaction. Understanding urban open space, including semi-public and public domains, through the lens of physical accessibility and visual permeability can potentially facilitate the building of a sense of community contributing to a better quality of life. Using an inner-city suburb in Perth, Western Australia as a case study, this research explores the importance of physical accessibility patterns and visual permeability for socialising in semi-public and public domains, such as the front yard and the residential streets. It argues that maintaining a balance between public and private inter-relationship in inner city residential neighbourhoods is important for creating and maintaining a sense of community. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-743462019-07-18T02:00:11Z Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building: A Case Study of Subiaco, Western Australia Swapan, A. Marinova, Dora Bay, J. The residential built form, including open space, provides the physical environment for social interaction. Understanding urban open space, including semi-public and public domains, through the lens of physical accessibility and visual permeability can potentially facilitate the building of a sense of community contributing to a better quality of life. Using an inner-city suburb in Perth, Western Australia as a case study, this research explores the importance of physical accessibility patterns and visual permeability for socialising in semi-public and public domains, such as the front yard and the residential streets. It argues that maintaining a balance between public and private inter-relationship in inner city residential neighbourhoods is important for creating and maintaining a sense of community. 2018 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74346 10.20944/preprints201804.0093.v1 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Swapan, A. Marinova, Dora Bay, J. Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building: A Case Study of Subiaco, Western Australia |
| title | Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building: A Case Study of Subiaco, Western Australia |
| title_full | Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building: A Case Study of Subiaco, Western Australia |
| title_fullStr | Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building: A Case Study of Subiaco, Western Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building: A Case Study of Subiaco, Western Australia |
| title_short | Understanding the Importance of Front Yard Accessibility for Community Building: A Case Study of Subiaco, Western Australia |
| title_sort | understanding the importance of front yard accessibility for community building: a case study of subiaco, western australia |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/74346 |