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Healthy Streets: Adopting International Benchmarks in Medium Density Cities

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posted on 2021-10-18, 21:14 authored by Jacqueline McIntoshJacqueline McIntosh, Bruno MarquesBruno Marques, Melody Smith, Maria RodgersMaria Rodgers, Abigail Morgan
Globally, large cities are implementing guidelines to ensure that environment, economics and sociality are at the forefront of urban design. Promotion of healthier streets has created new opportunities for social and commercial interaction and more inclusive outcomes. However, while most megacity streets share commonalities, the streets in medium-density urban centres do not always share the same problems and opportunities. Following the London Healthy Street programme, interviews were conducted on four inner-suburban Wellington, Aotearoa-New Zealand streets. Findings highlight the impacts of changing demographics and street functionality and indicate that urban scale can be a factor in opportunity for innovative and user-friendly street design.

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McIntosh, J., Marques, B., Smith, M., Rodgers, M. & Morgan, A. (2021). Healthy Streets: Adopting International Benchmarks in Medium Density Cities. Urban Policy and Research, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/08111146.2021.1978969

Journal title

Urban Policy and Research

Publication date

2021-09-20

Pagination

1-23 (23)

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

Publication status

Published

Contribution type

Article

Online publication date

2021-09-20

ISSN

0811-1146

eISSN

1476-7244

Language

en