<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Based on a field survey on the conflicts regarding the extension of the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, this text discusses the production of public space. These controversies make possible an understanding of the production process of peri-urban space in terms of residential aspirations and negotiation mechanisms. This investigation allows us to understand the articulation of the two forms of public space – as publicity and as a set of freely accessible places – and the questions of local democracies related to them.</p></abstract>

Based on a field survey on the conflicts regarding the extension of the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, this text discusses the production of public space. These controversies make possible an understanding of the production process of peri-urban space in terms of residential aspirations and negotiation mechanisms. This investigation allows us to understand the articulation of the two forms of public space – as publicity and as a set of freely accessible places – and the questions of local democracies related to them.

Spatial Planning as Public Space: Some Issues of Local Democracy raised by the Extension of the École hôtelière in the Lausanne peri-urban area

Swiss Journal of Sociology

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Based on a field survey on the conflicts regarding the extension of the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne, this text discusses the production of public space. These...

Spatial Planning as Public Space: Some Issues of Local Democracy raised by the Extension of the École hôtelière in the Lausanne peri-urban area

Published Online: Mar 29, 2022

Page range: 185 - 214

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2022-0009

Keywords
Urban sociology, Public Space / Public Sphere, neighborhood, conflict, urbanisation

© 2022 Mischa Piraud et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Spatial Planning as Public Space: Some Issues of Local Democracy raised by the Extension of the École hôtelière in the Lausanne peri-urban area

Published Online: Mar 29, 2022

Page range: 185 - 214

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjs-2022-0009

KeywordsUrban sociology, Public Space / Public Sphere, neighborhood, conflict, urbanisation

© 2022 Mischa Piraud et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Urban sociology, Public Space / Public Sphere, neighborhood, conflict, urbanisation