Abstract
During recent years, the concept of social capital has become one of the most popular exports from sociological theory into everyday languages. Social capital has evolved into something of a cure-all for the maladies affecting society in all the countries around the world. The idea of social capital is particularly concerned with the cultivation of good well, fellowship, sympathy, and social intercourse among those that make up a social unit. Most recently, the idea of social capital has been the work of Robert (1993, 2000) who has lunched social capital as a focus for research and policy discussion. Although, scholars concentrate their efforts on the issue of social capital and its impact on societies and nations, this paper examines social capital in relation to other notable contributions from Henri (1991, 1996) who made links among urban life, social fabric, space in time, and social capital. This paper aims to figure out the issues involved in public spaces as representational spaces, and it also shed the light on the role of public spaces in creating social capital. “The city must be a place of transactions, encounters, festivities. Its spaces must not only reflect these functions; they must provide a stage upon which they can be visibly enacted.” This paper utilizes content analysis methodology as an approach to analyzing ideas generated in the field of social capital and theories in urban planning. Key words: Public space, social capital, urban design.
Highlights
Does public space create social capital?The concept of social capital has become one of the most popular exports from sociological theory into everyday languages
The political discord that exists in some countries and which periodically re-occurs elsewhere has underscored renewed interest in the concept of social capital
What kind of social territory is public space? How do its inhabitants behave? Do they form relationships with one another and, if so, what sorts of relationships? How do they relate to the place itself? What pleasures, if any, do they find in it? In short, what is the “culture” of the public space, or what are some of its important characteristics? There are several different patterns of social relationships that occur in public spaces, and planners need to understand each form and create spaces within which type can develop
Summary
The concept of social capital has become one of the most popular exports from sociological theory into everyday languages. The idea of social capital has been the work of Robert (1993, 2000) who has lunched social capital as a focus for research and policy discussion. Scholars concentrate their efforts on the issue of social capital and its impact on societies and nations, this paper examines social capital in relation to other notable contributions from Henri (1991, 1996) who made links among urban life, social fabric, space in time, and social capital. This paper utilizes content analysis methodology as an approach to analyzing ideas generated in the field of social capital and theories in urban planning
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