Designing the compassionate city: creating places where people thrive 9781138562707, 9781138183872, 9781315645551, 9789240694811, 9781849712576, 1138183873, 113856270X

Introduction -- Human needs -- Embedding and receiving the messages in the urban environment -- What makes a place nurtu

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English Pages 1 vol. (XII-244 p.) : ill. en noir et en coul., couv. ill. en coul. ; 26 cm Year 2018

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Designing the compassionate city: creating places where people thrive
9781138562707, 9781138183872, 9781315645551, 9789240694811, 9781849712576, 1138183873, 113856270X

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Table of contents :
Introduction --
Human needs --
Embedding and receiving the messages in the urban environment --
What makes a place nurturing or neglectful? --
Living in the compassionate city --
Play quarters, London --
Benches collective, various locations in The Netherlands and overseas --
Tower hamlets cemetery park, London --
De Ceuvel, Amsterdam --
Woonerven, The Netherlands and overseas --
Christie Walk, Adelaide --
The secular pilgrimage and South Melbourne Commons, Melbourne --
Stewartstown Road Centre, Belfast --
UN Habitat placemaking projects in West Bank villages, Palestine --
The obstacles and pitfalls to creating places where people thrive --
Designing the compassionate city --
The characteristics of the compassionate city --
Applying compassionate city principles --
Conclusions

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