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Plasticity of public space: Framework for spontaneous user-driven transformation

By: Juraj Horňák  
Open Access
|Mar 2026

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Language: English
Page range: 31 - 37
Submitted on: Feb 1, 2026
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Accepted on: Feb 26, 2026
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Published on: Mar 21, 2026
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2026 Juraj Horňák, published by Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.