Images to go with words about the painful history, structural, cultural, economic, recreational and political roles of public spaces in Cape Town, with an emphasis on the need for better management through social partnerships.
Disruptions, e.g being a victim of crime in a place you are attached to have a response – stress; loss; creating new meaning/attachment
This is inherently inter-disciplinary work!!
NIMBY – this is why we have it!!it is place-protective action. It is cognitive response to a threat of a disruption. Understanding it as such means we can prement it through awareness, interpretation, evaluation, coping and a place-based approach to public engagement.