‘Holding Properties Vacant Is Resource Stupidity’: Towards a Typology of Roles in the (Inter)mediation of Urban ‘Temporary Use’

Figures & data

Figure 1. A typology of roles in (inter)mediation.This typology differentiates six role categories (a to f) and comprising activity categories (a1 – f4). Corresponding activity categories from the temporary use case, ‘Kera’, are shown in columns on the right, also indicating the strength of resonance with the typology.

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