The making of the mediated public space : Essays on emerging urban phenomena

Abstract

The critical role of wireless connectivity and the easy access to fast, automated, databases and information technology during most of our outdoor activities can be hardly disputed. The way the urban fabric is being experienced along with the affects to the phenomenal and experiential dimensions of public open spaces, is nowadays quite different few decades ago, thanks to the hyperactivity and new hybrid realities to which we are constantly exposed (Castells, 2004).