Narratives of the Parklet - Sketch of a Research Agenda

Mark C.  Childs

doi:10.53910/26531313-E2024841679

Narratives of the Parklet - Sketch of a Research Agenda

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Mark C. Childs University of New Mexico, USA https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0128-2703

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https://doi.org/10.53910/26531313-E2024841679

Abstract

Mark Childs assesses the existence of parklets, both in physical structures and narrative representations, and highlights the role of narrative in the training of urban designers.

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Mark C. Childs, University of New Mexico, USA

Prof. Emeritus Mark C. Childs (B.S. in Architecture, MIT; M.Arch, Univ of Oregon; M. Public Admin., Univ. of Washington) served as interim dean, associate dean for research, and director of the Design and Planning Assistance Center at the University of New Mexico, and was a senior Fulbright scholar (Cyprus 2005). He is a member of the Pike Place Market Historical Commission and the editorial advisory board of the Journal of Urban Design.

Mark C. Childs’ books include Foresight and Design: Composing Future Places (Routledge 2023); Imagine a City That Remembers with Anthony Anella (UNM Press, 2018); The Zeon Files: Art and Design of Historic Route 66 Signs with Ellen Babcock (UNM Press 2016); Urban Composition (Princeton Architectural Press 2012); Squares: a public place design guide for urbanists (UNM Press 2004); and Parking Spaces (McGraw-Hill 1999). He has published multiple academic and general audience articles, book chapters, a newspaper column, and award-winning poems

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2023-12-31 — Updated on 2024-01-02

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Childs, M. C. . (2024). Narratives of the Parklet - Sketch of a Research Agenda. Ekistics and The New Habitat, 84(1), 35–38. https://doi.org/10.53910/26531313-E2024841679

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Vol. 84 No. 1 (2024): Regular Issue: Ekistics and the New Habitat

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