Synthesizing recent scholarship with four decades of fieldwork, the urban anthropologist and professor argues that public space is integral to healthy, democratic, and sustainable communities.

This article was originally published by Philanthropy Journal.

Our public spaces are used by diverse populations. Why does urban design still fail to reflect that?

This book demonstrates the value of ethnographic theory and methods in understanding space and place, and considers how ethnographically-based spatial analyses can yield insight into prejudices,...

A robust, nature-rich and welcoming public realm of parks, streetscapes and civic facilities has an array of social benefits for disadvantaged communities.

Access and linkages is one of the four pillars that make up the Place Diagram, a visual representation of what constitutes a great public space. This article examines how to find opportunity in...

This is a chance to test new ideas for the urban fabric without expensive build-outs.

The graphic novel shakes up the format of the civic primer with illustrations and characters that jump off the page

Setha Low joins us to discuss her recent book on the public realm and why we should protect it.

Join Professor Setha M. Low and Distinguished Professor David Harvey for a conversation on issues of social justice, the right to the city, and the role of p...

"Why Public Space Matters" analyzes the role of parks, plazas, and other communal places in our public culture.

Today, when one looks at the coffers of the American project, it might seem easy to despair at what seems an empty cupboard. In a time when 75 million people vehemently believe one thing and 80 mil…

From Jericho to Mexico, walls are easy answers that rarely resolve the questions.

Street Lab is bringing pop-up reading rooms and playgrounds to New York City’s open streets and plazas.

For now, most Americans can take refuge in one last shared space, vital to the human experience: our parks.

How a battle over the Fair Housing Act could transform U.S. politics

Op-ed: We must examine how our most vulnerable citizens — those over 65 — can safely regain the use of public spaces.

As the public life of the city retreats into a spectrum of private-public hybrids, from shopping malls to privately owned and managed squares, online shopping and social media apps, does the public...

Americans love starting over: ‘We shall solve the problem of the city by leaving the city,’ Henry Ford said.

In 'The Injustice of Place,' three scholars outline a deep American dysfunction hiding in plain sight: the fact that geography can seal a citizen's fate.

By Martha Radice, Dalhousie University and Visiting Scholar, New Orleans Center for the Gulf South, Tulane University I left my field site in New Orleans very quickly. On Mardi Gras day, February 2…