About the Urbanscapes Community
Urbanscapes aims to foster strong collaboration across different practice areas focused on the challenges of delivering innovative and well-designed urban spaces and places that can serve as catalysts for creating productive, livable, inclusive and vibrant cities. Members share ideas and material related to the following: Public Urban Spaces: the urban spaces within the public realm such as parks, plazas, streets, waterfronts and public buildings; Urban Fabric and Placemaking: the physical environment and their associated economic and social activities; Cityscapes: the city through the broader lens of urban planning, urban design and architecture, which contributes to the overall urban environment and systems; and Streetscapes: the detailed aesthetic and functional design elements of streets and public spaces, including roads, facades, lighting, landscaping, street furniture and pavement etc., that come together to form the character of public spaces.
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Recommended resources
- Report: "Guide to Inclusion and Health in Public Space" by Gehl Institute
- Book: "No one at the wheel: driverless cars and the road of the future" by Sam Schwartz
- Blog: "Why Enhancing public urban spaces matter in Karachi?" by World Bank Blogs
- Resources: Parking Policy reform by Urbanscapes Community of Practice
- App: Measuring public spaces
- "Global Public Space Toolkit: From Global Principles to Local Policies and Practice" by UN Habitat
- "Pedestrians First: Tools for a Walkable City" by ITDP
- "Safe Cities and Safe Public Spaces: Global results report" by UN Women
- "The placemaking process" by Project for Public Spaces
- See more materials at the Urbanscapes C4D website here.
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