Changing Minds for Changing CitiesBy Jonathan Daly, GHD

The old lady mob

ComplexCityby Lee Jang Sub

“What is the city but the people?”SHAKESPEARE

“The majority of urban innovations do not

require sophisticated high tech solutions,

more often attitudinal and mindset shifts

were both the issue and answer.” CHARLES LANDRY

“Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for

the better designedly.”FRANCIS BACON

“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”WOODROW WILSON

Performance artsThe Urban Identity

“EMPIRE STATE OF MIND”

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Laneways

Sport

Trams

Quarter Acre Block

Iconic Buildings

Cars + Traffic Café Culture Street Art

What is an urban identity?

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Trams

Quarter Acre Block

Cars + Traffic

What is an urban identity?

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Laneways

Sport

Iconic Buildings

Café Culture Street Art

What is an urban identity?

Thinking inside the box

The power of loss over gain

streetscapes

buildings

car parking

car ownership

road space

public space

private space

green space

brown space

mobility

rules + regulations

The pressure points of urban change

CARBON FOOTPRINTS RESULTS:

1.9 to 4.4 hectares per person

THE DIFFERENCE IS

Human behaviour

BEDZed DevelopmentLONDONBuildings reimaged

CARBON FOOTPRINTS RESULTS:

1.9 to 4.4 hectares per person

BEDZed DevelopmentLONDON

Streets reclaimed

Abbotsford, Melbourne

Auckland, NZ

Shared space reimaged

Auckland, NZ

Car parking reimaged 23HRS

The average time cars are parked

during a day

Car parking reimaged

Car sharingCar ownership reimaged

Car sharing

1 car share vehicle 8 private vehicles

IN MELBOURNE

replaced

Cycling reimaged

will require a re-think about our approach to health & safety

…the greatest threat to the creative city?

Family Mobility reimaged

will require a re-think about our approach to health & safety

…the greatest threat to the creative city?

These pressure points can be treated through a form of urban acupuncture –interventions with strong experiential value – that attempt to rebalance the well-being of the city.

Performance artsThe (lesser) told story of Bogota

Meet Antanas Mockus

Traffic fatalities

Domestic Violence

Water Shortages

3 new libraries

50 new schools + 150 upgrades

1200 revamped or new public parks

300 km of bicycle lanes

…and this90 km of BRT

A final thought…

HELSINKILow2No Development

50%Behaviour change

LONDONReduction in carbon emissions

30%Behaviour change

What is the cost to your cityof slow change…of not being proactive…of not building capacity for change among the citizenry?

THANK YOUE: jonathan.daly@ghd.com

Jonathan DalyTeam leader, Behaviour Change

M: 0459 827 740