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Access to public spaces for people differs around the world. According to the UN, Europe boasts the biggest share of the population (70.73%) that has access to open public places. Oceania comes in second place with 68.79% of people having convenient access to shared spaces.
North America is doing pretty well: they're above the world average of 44.21% with 56.84% of spaces being conveniently available to the public. Developing countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, Northern Africa, and Asia have it slightly worse, placing below the world's average.
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It's strange when we think about how much we and our moods are influenced by the environments we're in. Apparently, visually unpleasant environments can make us feel more lonely. A 2024 report by the UK's Centre for Social Justice, for example, revealed that ugly buildings contribute to the epidemic of loneliness.
The respondents in their survey claimed that architects and city planners don't know what the local people really want. And they want green spaces; three-fifths of people with access to green spaces said they never felt lonely. And two-fifths thought that urban planners aren't designing public spaces with community spirit in mind.
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The senior researcher at CSJ, Josh Nicholson, said the the UK government's new policy to build 1.5 million new homes should take into consideration that people want more communal and green spaces. "The country urgently needs more homes, but this should not mean cutting corners, degrading the built environment, or concreting over green community space," he observed.
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In the U.S., people also believe that good public spaces should have a positive influence on people's mental health. Approximately 86% of the respondents in the State of Community Facility Design survey said that mental health and wellness should be a high priority in the design of community buildings.
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#14 "That's What's Missing - A Ceiling Mirror! Why Hasn't Anyone Thought Of This Before?"
So, what do public spaces need in order to be successful? The Project for Public Spaces has a few ideas. They offer some features that a public place should have for it to be functional, aesthetically pleasing, and well-liked among the people who are using it. Let's go over some of them.
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They start with places to sit. Nowadays, many public spaces use hostile architecture to deter people from sitting or sleeping there. Others are planned poorly, with no places to sit in the shade or the sun (depending on the climate), not near a playground, and not close enough to other activities. A good public space should have all these things, allowing people to sit down and spend some time there.
