While there is no shortage of research on best practices for public space design, the majority of this work adopts the sociospatial perspective, focusing on how aspects of spatial form can be manipulated to achieve desired social ends. Many best practice principles derive from relatively commonsense pronouncements articulated decades ago by public space observers such as Jacobs (1961) and Whyte (1980). Jacobs distilled her understanding of what makes urban streetscapes work into four key requirementsWhile there is no shortage of research on best practices for public space design, the majority of this work adopts the sociospatial perspective, focusing on how aspects of spatial form can be manipulated to achieve desired social ends. Many best practice principles derive from relatively commonsense pronouncements
articulated decades ago by public space observers such as Jacobs (1961) and Whyte (1980). Jacobs distilled her understanding of what makes urban streetscapes work into four key requirements