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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.
 
Urbanscapes Knowledge Resources
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Health-Oriented Micro-Generation in Shanghai

  • Country/ City
    Shangay / China
  • Published On
    January 19, 2021
  • Author(s)
    The World Bank
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  • Health-Oriented Micro-Generation in Shanghai

    The pursuit of health and wellbeing is crucial for human society, and has been listed as one of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals-SDG 3. Evidence has shown that conditions in the urban built environment have significant impacts on public health, with varying effects on communicable, non-communicable and psychological diseases. Understanding these impacts could better integrate the consideration of health in urban planning and design.

Participatory Community Regeneration Powered by Disruptive Technologies

  • Country/ City
    Beijing / China
  • Published On
    January 19, 2021
  • Author(s)
    The World Bank
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  • Abstract
  • Participatory Community Regeneration Powered by Disruptive Technologies

    The pursuit of sustainable cities and communities is crucial for human society. Sustainable cities and communities have been listed as one of the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The goal requires by 2030 to ensure access for all to safe and affordable transport systems, housing and basic services as well as inclusive public spaces.

Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery

  • Topic
    Streetscapes, COVID-19
  • Published On
    May 21, 2020
  • Author(s)
    NACTO
  • Abstract
  • Streets for Pandemic Response and Recovery

    The COVID-19 global pandemic altered every aspect of urban life in recent months. In response, city transportation officials around the world have quickly implemented new street design and management tools to keep essential workers and goods moving, provide safe access to grocery stores and other essential businesses, and ensure that people have safe space for social/physical distancing while getting outside.

Bonifacio Global City: A Public-Private Joint Venture - Case Study

  • Country/ City
    Manila
  • Topic
    Municipal Finance, Urbanscapes
  • Published On
    May 19, 2020
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  • Bonifacio Global City: A Public-Private Joint Venture - Case Study

    In 1992, the Government of the Philippines embarked on a mission to bring decommissioned U.S. military bases into productive use through the Bases Conversion and Development Authority Act.1 Fort Bonifacio, a defunct base on the outskirts of Manila, held great potential due to its proximity to the city and available infrastructure.

Brooklyn Bridge Park - Case Study

  • Country/ City
    New York
  • Topic
    Municipal Finance, Urbanscapes
  • Published On
    May 19, 2020
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  • Brooklyn Bridge Park - Case Study

    In the early 1980s, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) decided to cease all cargo ship operations along Brooklyn’s Piers 1 to 6 due to a decline in use, as cargo was increasingly going to other ports. As a result, the piers became a barren, post-industrial site with little activity. Even so, the area had significant potential for reuse, in part due to its panoramic views of the Manhattan skyline across the East River.
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