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The innovative approach in designing public spaces manifests itself not only in the use of modern construction technologies and materials but also in new, different attitudes towards the ways in which these sitesare used. The practice of creating temporary layouts in public spaces or creating new ephemeral spaces of this type is becoming more and more widespread, being introduced mostly in big cities. To some extent, this phenomenon has stayed outside the main current in contemporary urban planning research, nevertheless, it constitutes one of the principal elements of urban planning policies. Temporary land use solutions in public spaces may originate from various backgrounds: lack of funds for the desired target arrangement, desire to experiment with adapting the sitein question to a given function, and (not always lawful) grassroots actions sparked by the current needs of the local inhabitants or users of these spaces. Some public spaces, having been developed to serve a temporary purpose, continue to perform that function, and retain their temporary form for a longer period of time, while in others, the introduced structures are removed or simply wear out
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