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1 BYER FOR OG MED MENNESKER /BÆREDYGTIGE BYER? JAN GEHL, PROFESSOR, DR. LITT. FOUNDING PARTNER: GEHL ARCHITECTS URBAN QUALITY CONSULTANTS, COPENHAGEN

2 Eco City?

3 We can design a City full of Sustainable Buildings

4 .and still it may not at all be a sustainable city!

5 Sustainable Cities, Fine! People Cities, will do more - Lively / Livable City - Sustainable City - Healthy City

6 After 50 years: A distinct change of Paradigm WANTED: - Lively, Liveable City - Sustainable City - Healthy City

7 Lively, Liveable City

8 Sustainable City A good Public Realm is a crucial factor for good Public Transportation

9 Houston -the City with the fattest people of the World Healthy City

10 WANTED: - Lively, Liveable City - Sustainable City - Healthy City Looking carefully after people in city planning will efficiently adress all 3 issues

11 In this City everything will be done to invite people to walk and bicycle as much as possible in the course of their daily day doings

12 Copenhagen From traffic place to People Place 50 Years Anniversary

13 Strøget (main street) pedestrianized

14 Before After Phase 1: : Pedestrian Streets (Walking / Promenade)

15 Phase 2: : Car-free Squares / Cafées (Staying / Recreation )

16 Phase 3: : Activity Parks / Playgrounds (Playing / Sports / Activities)

17 Public Space-Public Life Surweys: Copenhagen 1968, 1985, 1995 (+2005)

18 City of Copenhagen New Strategy 2009 Best City in the World for People

19 Copenhagen Street: 2 Sidewalks, 2 proper bicycle lanes, street trees, 2 lanes for 2 way traffic, and a substantial median to facilitate crossing the street We do not have to think and act as 1960s traffic engineers for ever -times are changing and traffic engineers are by now much smarter

20 Priority for pedestrians and bicyclists: Sidewalks and bicycle tracks are taken across all the smaller side streets

21 Bicycling in Copenhagen -on a citywide network of bicycle lanes

22 -an efficient, citywide transportation system

23 Going to work in the City of Copenhagen 41% use bicycle 25% drive car 30% use public transit 5% walk

24 City of Copenhagen New Strategy 2011 Best City in the World for Bicyclesi

25 Sign in the Copenhagen Metro: Congratulations Copenhagen: Worlds most livable city (Monocle 2013) + (Monocle 2014)

26 Oct 2011: New Danish Government arriving on bicycles at the Palace to be commissioned by the Queen. No Limousines no more?

27 WORLD S MOST LIVEABLE CITIES, MONOCLE Copenhagen 2. Melbourne 3. Helsinki 4. Tokyo 5. Vienna 6. Zürich 7. Stockholm 8. Munich 9. Sydney 10. Auckland YELLOW = Public Space-Public Life surveys carried out

28 A GREENER, GREATER NEW YORK 2007

29 9 th Avenue after, with Copenhagen style bike lane New York, USA, th Avenue- before

30 Phot:DOT/NYC

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32 - Lively / Livable City - Sustainable City - Healthy City Hvordan?

33 Green - washing

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36 People - washing

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42 1900

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44 Piazza Il Campo, Siena, Italy (14th century) The Finest Urban Space in the World - a miracle or straightforward common sense?

45 PROTECTION COMFORT ENJOYMENT

46 Overview of Quality criterias -The Pedestrian landscape Campo in Siena

47 Overview of Quality criterias -The Pedestrian landscape Nyhavn, Copenhagen

48 Overview of Quality criterias -The Pedestrian landscape Sct.Hans Square, Copenh.

49 Area in Copenhagen with highest residence prices - And with highest concentration of Architect families

50 Bo01 MALMØ

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53 Sustainable Cities, Fine! People Cities, will do more - Lively / Livable City - Sustainable City - Healthy City

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55 Byer med og for mennesker Både store byer, små byer, gamle byer, nye byer. Overalt hvor mennesker bor og arbejder er der brug or fokus på livet i byen, i gaderne og mellem husene

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57 Mrs. Lan, Danish Embassy in Hanoi

58 Do you have a Baby Boom in Copenhagen?

59 30 % of all families w/ children have Cargobikes

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61 Copenhagen version: Social gathering

62 Every bike can take one, two, (three) kids -and they do

63 Bicycle training in kindergarten

64 Biking to school and biking in all directions from age 4 ( good bicyclelanes a precondition)

65 Copenhagen version: Schlafe mein Princhen

66 REFLECTION: Many children present in a city is a sure sign of quality and livability

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68 Bæredygtighed

69 Priority for pedestrians and bicyclists: Sidewalks and bicycle tracks are taken across all the smaller side streets

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