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LIVEABLE CITIES –for the 21st Century

LIVEABLE CITIES –for the 21st Century. JAN GEHL, PROFESSOR, DR. LITT. FOUNDING PARTNER: GEHL ARCHITECTS URBAN QUALITY CONSULTANTS, COPENHAGEN. PEOPLE ORIENTED CITY PLANNING AS STRATEGY. Home.

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LIVEABLE CITIES –for the 21st Century

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  1. LIVEABLE CITIES –for the 21st Century JAN GEHL, PROFESSOR, DR. LITT. FOUNDING PARTNER: GEHL ARCHITECTS URBAN QUALITY CONSULTANTS, COPENHAGEN PEOPLE ORIENTED CITY PLANNING AS STRATEGY

  2. Home Combined Age 136 years Dinner Celebrating a 45th Wedding Anniversary

  3. 1960 CHANGE OF PARADIGME 2 From 1955…. Carinvasion Perth, West Australia Elsinore, Denmark

  4. 1962 Main Street Copenhagen Pedestrianized

  5. Public Space-Public Life Surweys: Copenhagen 1968, 1985, 1995 (+2005)

  6. Copenhagen Street: 2 Sidewalks, 2 proper bicycle lanes, street trees, 2 lanes for 2 way traffic, and a substan- tial median to facilitate crossing the street ”We do not have to think and act as 1960s traffic engineers for ever -times are changing and traffic engineers are by now much smarter”

  7. Priority for pedestrians and bicyclistsSidewalks and bicycle tracks across side streets

  8. Copenhagen: New Public Life Policy 2009: ”WORLDS FINEST CITY FOR PEOPLE” Among the goals:”Everyone to walk 20% more by 2015!!!”

  9. Bicycling in Copenhagen -on a citywide network of bicycle lanes

  10. Going to workin the City of Copenhagen 37% use bicycle 27% drive car 33% use public transit 5% walk

  11. Major complaint : Serious congestions -on the bicycle lanes

  12. Official City Poster September 2007 Copenhagen The No 1 Bicycle City in the World Goals for 2015: * 50% of all comuting on bicycles * Bicycle Accidents to be halved”

  13. 2010: After 50 years: Another change of Paradigme WANTED: - Lively City - Attractive City - Safe City - Sustainable City - Healthy City

  14. In this City everythingwillbe done to invitepeople to walk and bicycle as much as possible in the course of theirdailydaydoings”

  15. LEE KUAN YEW WORLD CITY PRICE Singapore 21 March 2012 International Award for outstandingcontributions to the creation of vibrant, liveable and sustainable urban communities

  16. A GREENER, GREATER NEW YORK

  17. 9th Ave. Apr.08 9th Ave. Sep.08

  18. Phot:DOT/NYC

  19. Phot:DOT/NYC

  20. WELCOME TO THE 21st CENTURY

  21. Furter Informations: www.gehlarchitects.dk www.islandpress.org

  22. ”CITIES FOR PEOPLE” (sept 2010) Available in all major languages !!

  23. In this City everythingwillbe done to invitepeople to walk and bicycle as much as possible in the course of theirdailydaydoings”

  24. Lively City

  25. Attractive City People Scale, Less Stress, Less Noise, Less Polution + a City dominated by Attraction Nr. 1: PEOPLE

  26. Safe city

  27. Sustainable City A good Public Realm is a crucial factor for good Public Transportation

  28. Healthy City ”Houston -the City with the fattest people of the World”

  29. Broadway Boulevard 23 May 2009 “When you can make it there you can make it anywhere, New York, New York !!”

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