Social geography of the public spaces: social environment vs peripherality

  • Natalia I. Provotar Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine
  • Kostyantyn V. Mezentsev Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1974-7860
  • Maria V. Palchuk Y. Bilokon Ukrainian State Scientific-Research Institute of Urban Design «DIPROMISTO», 26 Lesi Ukrainky Boulevard, Kyiv 01133, Ukraine

Abstract

Transformations of public spaces in different parts of the city have their own characteristics. The fate of public space in the center and on the periphery may seem to be a predetermined by location. But the changing social environment makes its own adjustments. This paper analyzes the influence of the social environment on the public spaces changing in the peripheral part of Kyiv. Research subject is the contemporary transformation of two green public spaces in Kyiv neighborhoods. The aim of the paper is to determine the peculiarities of green public spaces transformations in the peripheral part of Kyiv influenced by the social environment, to determine the nature of its impact on public spaces changes. Analysis of the transformation of public spaces in the peripheral part of Kyiv confirmed the decisive role of the social environment, which is manifesting through the needs of local residents, and made it possible to identify the main factors of change: local initiatives, web forums, cooperation with business, new construction, changes in the residents’ age and social structure, housing ownership. Based on the analysis of users’ perception of public spaces, their accessibility, use, image and integration it was determined the most problematic aspects of the functioning of Kyiv neighborhoods’ public spaces that require priority changes. All this determines the scientific novelty and relevance of the study of green public spaces on the periphery of the city in the context of the social environment of their evolution.

Author Biographies

Natalia I. Provotar, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine

PhD (geography), docent; associate professor at the department of economic and social geography, faculty of geography

Kostyantyn V. Mezentsev, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 60 Volodymyrska Street, Kyiv 01601, Ukraine

doctor of science (geography), full professor; head of the department of economic and social geography, faculty of geography

Maria V. Palchuk, Y. Bilokon Ukrainian State Scientific-Research Institute of Urban Design «DIPROMISTO», 26 Lesi Ukrainky Boulevard, Kyiv 01133, Ukraine

PhD (geography); junior researcher at the architectural and planning studio No. 3

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Published
2019-11-27
Keywords: city, public space, social environment, peripherality, evolution, transformation, Kyiv
How to Cite
Provotar, N. I., Mezentsev, K. V., & Palchuk, M. V. (2019). Social geography of the public spaces: social environment vs peripherality. Journal of the Belarusian State University. Geography and Geology, 2, 15-24. https://doi.org/10.33581/2521-6740-2019-2-15-24