This paper deals with urban public spaces and their contribution to build social identity, a sense of belonging and public and private trust. The aim is to contribute to a technical and political debate on urban coexistence, this is done through the inhabitants and users´ perceptions and hopes. The inhabitants show low levels of trust, they set a low value on anything that is communitarian and have a high sense of insecurity in a city like Santiago which is socially and spatially segregated (Rodriguez & Winchester 1999). Nevertheless, amongst their hopes, Chileans express the need to strengthen the sense of community. This study concentrates in three cases of public spaces and a distinction was made between users and dwellers of the surrounding areas. The public spaces are two large parks in Santiago - Parque Forestal and Parque de los Reyes- and a small plaza, designed and built privately in Calama.
Author Biographies
Olga Segovia, SUR Corporación de Estudios Sociales y Educación
Arquitecta, Universidad de Chile, Investigadora SUR Corporación de Estudios Sociales y Educación
Hernán Neira, Universidad Austral de Chile
Doctor en Filosofía, Universidad de París VIII Profesor de la Universidad Austral de Chile
Segovia, O., & Neira, H. (2005). Urban Public Spaces: A Contribution to Private and Social Identity and Trust. Revista INVI, 20(55). https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-8358.2005.62168
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