Urban & village design

Madrid Shared Space

"We need places where we sit on the edges of the public realm and look in the mirror, to be reminded of who we really are." Chuck

Action Ideas

Articles Cittaslow, slow cities Ecovillage	Wanted pages Rainwater harvesting W Self build Co-Housing DIYcity see external links	other ideas Conservation Footpath conservation Restoration projects Windmill preservation Clean up days Community street audits Guerilla Bench, Intervention to Intensify Neighbourly Relationships Smart booths, eg see triplepundit.com, May 16th, 2012

Why it matters

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Resources

• Tactical Urbanism, downloadable guide to some ideas about how to catalyze lasting change in your urban world.

Village cinema

Transform Space into Place, November 27, 2006, about 9 mins.

Comment Global 2010

• Emergent Urbanism, or ‘bottom-up planning’ , February 14

Related

SCA category:Transport & planning Urban focus Arts and culture Sport Community involvement Design and sustainability	Wikipedia Green roof W Patrick Blanc W Permeability (spatial and transport planning) W Shared space W	Wikisphere Ecovillage wiki, started 6 Feb 2005. Cradle To Cradle Design, Town Planning on future wikia WikiMined tool that brings together interventions in public space.

Wanted pages and external links

• DIYcity
• Project for Public Spaces
• Walkable Communities
• 8-80 Cities, Canadian based non-profit organization with an international outlook, promote walking and bicycling as activities and urban parks, trails and other public spaces as great places for ALL.
• Los Angeles: A History of the Future is the first attempt to systematically describe how a metropolitan area could be rebuilt, over decades, toward balance with nature. Los Angeles

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