From what has been said about place making, one of the underlying principles is social inclusion. However, when it comes to public transport there are some socio demographics that are often forgotten. On such group are the disabled. A two and half year inquiry into Accessible Public Land Transport has been undertaken by the Human [...]
Victoria – The Pedal Happy State
An interesting article (‘Victoria Proves Australia’s Riding State) was published in The Age recently. It stated that Victoria had the highest bike use in Australia. The National Cycling Participation Survey, a poll of 10,000 Australians taken between February and April, showed that more than 4 million people across the country ride a bike each week. [...]
Great place based economic development strategy!
Its good to see how communities around the world are beginning to recognise the value of ‘their’ place, as against trying to become some ‘other’ place! Click Here for Buffalo Rising
Urban Creativity
Urban Creativity in Melbourne and Rome With Dr Lachlan MacDowall, Centre for Cultural Partnerships. This presentation examines a range of creative practices in urban spaces in Melbourne and Rome, particularly in relation to evolving categories of graffiti, street art, public art and notions of the creative city. Click Here When: Tuesday 30 August, 4.00pm – [...]
Extract From Governing For Sustainable Urban Development
While researching place making principles, I came across this passage by Yvonne Rydin that I believe is worth sharing- ‘Designing a development to encourage walking and cycling through pedestrian- and cyclist-friendly measures is now considered part of good design, with car-led designs being viewed as poor and modernist design. However, this approach can be extended [...]
Healthy Places
Healthy Places Everyone is aware of the benefits of walking for our health and well-being, but how exactly can place making help in achieving this? A study carried out by Owen et al. (2007) highlighted some interesting findings in what motivates Australian adults to walk. It was predicted that neighbourhood walkability would be more strongly [...]
Place Planning, Place Delivery, Place Management
We’ve been having some good discussion around a framework for place making. Of course a place is never fully made or complete so we are considering the idea that place making has three parts – planning, delivery and management, and that this process is continuous as cities grow and change. Different professions and the wider [...]
Brownfield vs. Greenfield
Since the idea of place and place making has begun to be teased out in order to help understand the multitude of terms associated with this topic, I believe some insight into the different areas in which it can take place may further shed some light on the topic. As seen from previous posts and [...]
Place vs. Place Making
A study undertaken by Place Leaders Association (PLA) has raised some interesting connections between ‘sense of place’ and place making. PLA’s report ‘Place-making and Sense of Place: A Research Proposal to the Place Leaders Association for Benchmarking the Public Domain’, highlights the theoretical difference between the two concepts, but the necessity for their interconnectivity. According [...]
Government Reshuffle
By comparing Melbourne and Berlin, Dr Marcus Spiller (Director of SGS Economics & Planning) raises some interesting issues over governance and the creation of sustainable communities. In his paper Planning for Sustainable Communities: A Question of Governance? (August 25, 2010), his evaluation highlights these two cities, with about the same population (3.5 million), have substantially [...]
