What Is Public Space Appropriation

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OOL focussed in social participation in order to solve community problems, this assumption find support on the theory of “Public Space Appropriation”, if the citizens get involved in their community problems and start to get out in the streets and improve their public spaces the levels of crime, drug addiction and insecurity will decrease. A good example is the macro mural of Palmitas, Pachuca, Hidalgo on 2015.
With the highest rate of violence on Hidalgo, Palmitas agree to host the project of painting the town by the hand of Germen Crew to create an atmosphere to potentialize the growth and life quality, however, the purpose of this project was to create trough the art, the participation and the community inclusion a sense of belonging, identity,

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