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PERSPECTIVE: On Solid Ground: Preserving the Quality of Place

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 April 2007

Ron Deverman
Ron Deverman
Affiliation:
Parsons Corporation
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Fred Kent, President of the Project for Public Spaces, once stated that to rebuild our urban communities, we have to first recreate our public places. To do this he believes we must first regain control of our public places, not by police action but by our presence. This empowering thought motivates me to ask: What do we want in a public place? What does achieving an urban quality of life mean? What makes our place a livable place and how do we preserve it?

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Environmental Practice , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , March 2007 , pp. 3 - 5
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© 2007 National Association of Environmental Professionals

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