A look into the future of placemaking

Leisure has an important relationship to time, space, and place. In leisure studies we are used to thinking about time as the basic resource for leisure. We need leisure time in order to be able to enjoy leisure, and so the struggle for leisure time has been an important focus of leisure research. But in addition to time, leisure also requires space. This paper considers the challenges of making places for leisure, particularly as the competition for space increases. it considers how placemaking strategies may develop in the future, also to include shaping digital leisure spaces.