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Cities for People

Synopsis
Video of a lecture given in 2011 at the New London galleries in the Building Centre by the Danish architect and city planner Jan Gehl, whose career has focused on improving the quality of urban life by re-orienting city design towards the pedestrian and cyclist. Lord Rogers, Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners provides an introduction. For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world, including Copenhagen, Melbourne, Sydney and - most recently - New York, with his approach to creating cities for people. Jan Gehl discusses why looking after people is crucial for the quality of cities in the 21st century, how this can be accomplished and how this has been achieved in more and more projects and cities. The lecture covers the changes in city planning from the 1960s until today, where people - after decades of neglect - have once been again elevated to be a main feature in architecture, urban design and urban planning. The event marked the UK launch of Jan Gehl’s new book Cities for People.
Language
English
Country
Great Britain
Year of release
2011
Year of production
2011
Subjects
Architecture; Environmental science
Keywords
cities; environmental issues; town & regional planning

Online availability

URI
https://www.pidgeondigital.com/speaker/jan-gehl
Price
subscription or £3.00
Delivery
Streamed

Credits

Contributor
Jan Gehl

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Price
£65.00
Availability
Sale
Year
2011

Distributor

Name

Pidgeon Audio Visual

Notes
see World Microfilms and Pidgeon Digital

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