European Urban Public Space Changes Under the Economic and Socio-political Influences

The form and content of urban space and their development are reflections of economical and socio-political influence. Taking the quality of urbanity as core value, this essay analyses the evolution and self-adaptation of European urban spaces under the influence of changing socio-political condition. It is pointed out that, although urban space after Industrial Revolution didn’t give birth to new quality of urbanity, its content and form have been intellectually and artistically reformed, which gives birth to potentiality for a more open, free and democratic reinterpretation of modern social life. In this context, this paper summarizes the tendencies of contemporary European urban space, and brings forward anticipations for future development. 关键词: 城市公共空间;社会政治;城市性;城市性质量 ;公共领域;