Third Places to Curb Urban Loneliness
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Urban loneliness – it affects most of us city dwellers and is the consequence of population mobility, a lack of community participation and an increase in single-occupant households. ‘Third places’ encourage social networking by providing public or commercial spaces with communal leisure activity. Tony Matthews, a Lecturer in Urban and Environmental Planning at Griffith University joined The Daily show to discuss.