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How can we learn better?
Planning and delivering Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods
Dr Nicholas Falk
URBED
Where I come froma. Economist, strategic
planner and urbanist - Founder Director of URBED (Urban and Economic Development) in London 1976
b. Research and consultancy on sustainable development eg Cambridgeshire Quality Charter, Regeneration in European Cities, JRF
c. Learning networks eg Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods Network, TEN Group
d. Co author of Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood: Building the 21st Century Home (AP 2009)
The UK is in a crisis e.g. collapse of house-building
‘ …‘lack of house-building enabling infrastructure’ Local Growth White Paper
New models are needed
Challenges for community building
Mixed uses e.g. Brighton’s New England Quarter
Communal space e.g. Homes for Change, Hulme
Open space e.g. Shenley Park
Innovation is possible – but difficult in the UK
Brighton New England Quarter
Hulme
Overcoming community apathy/opposition
www.urbed.co.uk
The answer is to let the SUN shine in!
Changing lifestyles: Brighton New England Quarter
Changing design concepts: Design for homes, Hulme Manchester
Changing behaviour: The Cambridgeshire Quality Charter for Growth
•Community, places where people live out of choice and not necessity, creating healthy communities with a good quality of life.
•Connectivity, places that are well-connected enable easy access for all to jobs and services using sustainable modes.
•Climate, Places that anticipate climate change in ways that enhance the desirability of the development and minimise environmental impact.
•Character, Places with distinctive neighbourhoods and where people create ‘pride of place’
European experience offers the best route map
Eco-town exemplars
SUNN members
New Earswick, York
Orchard Park, Cambridge
Orchard Park masterplan
Walker Riverside, Newcastle
Walker Riverside masterplan
Ironstone and Lightmoor, Telford
Ironstone masterplan
Proximity to good jobs and services
Realistically priced land
Good infrastructure up front
Responsiveness to demand
Careful management
Sustainable Urban Neighbourhoods depend on
Orchard Park, Cambridge
Potential for learning together
1.Sharing what does and does not work e.g. Lightmoor stewardship model
2.Raising standards e.g. Orchard Park
3.Supporting innovation e.g. JRT at Derwenthorpe
4. Influencing policy e.g. evidence on Localism Bill
Common issues for the network
1. Community: making mixed communities work
2. Connectivity: reducing car domination
3. Climate proofing: making technical innovation work
4. Character: creating distinctive places
5. Collaboration: enabling the public sector to lead
Engagement in planning and delivery
Social capital
Places to meet
Community
Orchard Park, Cambridge
Freiburg charter: ‘city of neighbourhoods with decentralised governance’
Community ownership of sports facilities, churches and natural spaces e.g. trees
Greater use of coops
Community engagement in Freiburg
Social balance
Neighbourhood design and management e.g. Baugruppen
Interim uses
With more meeting places
Kronsberg, Hanover Rieselfeld, Freiburg
Rieselfeld, Freiburg
Easy access? e.g. Cambridge guided busway
Walkable streets? e.g. Dickens Heath
Back yards? e.g. Ironstone
Connectivity
Orchard Park, Cambridge
Good public transit systems
Narrower residential streets and closes
Cycle friendly
Communally run green spaces
Basic infrastructure in Freiburg
Vauban masterplan
Variety of developers
Different styles
Quality open spaces
Character
Branding of neighbourhoods to appeal to different tastes
Almere
Vathorst
Vathorst
Bulk contracts for energy Higher levels of
insulation CHP and waste
reutilisation SUDS and ‘making water
your friend’
Climate proofing
Development is six times faster than the UK
Greenwich Millennium Village:
1100 homes 1999-2008
Hammarby, Stockholm:
6700 homes 1999-2008
Multiplicity of developers e.g. Amersfoort
Development frameworks for strategic sites
Joint Venture Companies
Community arts and sports associations
Greater fiscal autonomy
Municipal banks e.g. BMG
Housing coops
Working together
So how does local leadership work?
Freiburg