Contents // FOREWORD by George Ferguson XI // PREFACE XII // 1 PUBLIC SPACE, PUBLIC LIFE: AN INTERACTION 1 // 2 WHO, WHAT, WHERE? 9 // 3 COUNTING, MAPPING, TRACKING AND OTHER TOOLS 21 // 4 PUBLIC LIFE STUDIES FROM A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE 37 // 5 HOW THEY DID IT: RESEARCH NOTES 81 // 6 PUBLIC LIFE STUDIES IN PRACTICE 123 // 7 PUBLIC LIFE STUDIES AND URBAN POLICY 149 // NOTES 162 // BIBLIOGRAPHY 172 // ILLUSTRATION AND PHOTO CREDITS // 179