Following on from my earlier article on the Western Harbour Malmo, here is a new description of Curitiba, Brazil.

As Cities for People go, Curitiba stands as a shining example.

3 time Mayor of Curitiba Jaime Lerner was first appointed in 1971.  Jaime Lerner believed that Curitiba should be a city for people, not for cars. And his belief made a tremendous difference to the future of the city. (more…)

Last week, I talked about Good Cities – a concept described by the Danish architect Jan Gehl. But just how do you make Good Cities?

Read some of my thoughts in the section how to make cities for people of my website. Interestingly (I think), Jan Gehl had a very different approach to the lightning fast method used by Jaime Lerner in Curitiba – discussed here.

Jan Gehl writes about the change that happened in Copenhagen on p.14 of the Adelaide study.  Over a 40 year period there was a step by step policy to turn the city from a car city to a city for people. But what made it all happen? (more…)

“A good city is like a good party – people stay much longer than really necessary because they are enjoying themselves”

So says Jan Gehl, the Danish architect who has been the brains behind Copenhagen’s transformation to a City for People and now advises New York City.

So what is a Good City? (more…)

Have you seen this excellent document from the Copenhagen Agenda for Sustainable Cities? They asked 50 of the world’s most important urban experts what it will take to create sustainable cities. Those asked included some of the people that helped inspire me to want to make Cities for People, such as Jan Gehl, Charles Landry, Jaime Lerner and Enrique Penãlosa.

So what did they come up with? The following 10 ideas: (more…)

There’s a new article on ideas of how you can help make Cities for People. There are ideas for central governments, city governments, businesses and individuals.

What do you think of the ideas? Are they useful for you? What ideas do you have to help make Cities for People?

Thanks,

Mike

Here’s my first story of a City for People – The Western Harbour Malmo. I live in Malmo, so maybe I am bias. But I’ve also lived in many other places, and I have never seen anything that get’s anywhere near the Western Harbour. (more…)

After what seems like ages, I’ve updated the page How to make Cities for People, with 7 ideas to help you succeed:

1. Lead
2. Action
3. Culture
4. Creativivity
5. Acupuntura Urbana
6. If you build, they will come
7. Start with the children

What do you think? Do you like these ideas, or have you other suggestions? Please let me know what you think.

Mike

Hello, and thank you for visiting www.citiesforpeople.net.  I only started the Cities for People site a couple of weeks ago so it is a little bare just now. Soon, you will see stories of of how cities have transformed to be better for people, such as Curitiba, Copenhagen and Malmö.

There’ll also be ideas of how to make your city change, what to build and the part you can play – and we can all play a part.

I hope you will enjoy the site and find it useful.

Please pop back soon, and please leave any comments about the site and anything you’d like to see here.

Thanks!

Mike