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The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
Front of the 2001 edition
AuthorWilliam H. Whyte
Cover artistSally A. Janin
CountryUnited States of America
LanguageEnglish
SubjectUrban design, human behaviour, public space, placemaking
GenreUrban design, landscape architecture, architecture
Set inNew York City
PublisherProject for Public Spaces
Publication date
1980
Media typeBook and film
Pages125
ISBN097063241X

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces is a 1980 book and a film by US sociologist William H. Whyte that records and analyses human behaviour in public space through a number of case studies in Manhattan, New York.

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