The Future in Urban Planning Urban Planners of
The Future in Urban Planning Urban Planners of the Future Wayne Feiden, FAICP Director of Planning & Sustainability, Northampton Lecturer of Practice, University of Massachusetts
• • Leadership Health Transportation Sustainability & Resiliency
• Leadership • Health • Transportation • Sustainability & Resiliency “Nations Talk, But Cities Act”
RIGHT time for COMMUNITY change Christchurch -2010 New Orleans-2005 South Africa-2009 Oklahoma City-1991 Haiti-2010
Long-Term Systems Equilibrium Disequilibrium Growth Emergence • • Community Vision and Values Long term All scales A lens for all actions Credit: USDN
Leadership • • Chief placemaker Chief wellness officer Chief social‐equity advocate Chief sustainability officer Chief resiliency officer Chief facilitator Chief doer
Design Thinking • Multi‐disciplinary teams • Iterative • Customer/public centered
COMMUNITY Vision & Values
• Leadership • Health Source: Dahlgren & Whitehead, 1991 • Transportation • Sustainability & Resiliency
Equity • Social Capital • Environmental justice Hasanah Foundation: “…holistic approaches to poverty alleviation to enable [low‐ income and marginalized] communities to be economically, socially and environmentally resilient…”
The Community Conversation
Active Living IS Public Health Transportation SYSTEM Critical
• Leadership • Health • Transportation • Sustainability & Resiliency
Melaka State Vehicle Trends • Sustainable • Land & resources for cars & parking Melaka State GHG Emissions (ICLEI, 2013)
Walking
Melaka River & KL River of Life
Future Vision- ready actions Waterfronts and the River of Life
Walking as a complete SYSTEM Kuala Lumpur Tourism Master Plan 2015‐ 2025
TOTAL pedestrian experience Kuala Lumpur Tourism Master Plan 2015‐ 2025
Urban Design & Transportation Safe for pedestrian • Activity on the street (e. g. , stores, cafes) • On‐street parking • Sidewalk quality (condition & street furniture) Desirable for pedestrian • Activated public and private spaces • Variety • Street enclosure MIN 1+ vertical to 3 horizontal • Street trees
Needle Find Heat Map Rough Sleeping Heat Map Dublin: holistic approach to walking & vibrancy Footfall Heat Map
Tactical Urbanism--Placemaking Test Measure (A design thinking approach) Design BUILD Build 2017 Repeat
Urban Installations & Parklets
Streets for Sense of Place and Social Cohesion
Autonomous Vehicles
• Leadership • Health • Transportation • Sustainability & Resiliency Environment America Research/Policy Center (2012) Storms Sea level rise Storm surge
Nations Talk, but Cities (and some states) Act
Melaka State GHG: On-Road=59. 2% Melaka State GHG Emissions (ICLEI, 2013)
Vulnerability Analysis (Cambridge)
Resiliency as a lens
Community Conversation 1 st LEED Gold KFC--Dream bigger!
UN Urban Environmental Accords Green City Rating System • • • Energy Waste Reduction Urban Design Urban Nature Transportation Water
STAR Framework Built Environment
Economy & Jobs Education, Arts & Community
Equity & Empowerment Health & Safety
Climate & Energy Natural Systems
Provincetown Speaks: resiliency=people THANKS: Bill Needelman
Bath: Celebrating Water
Adaption meets Place Making Physical | Social | Equity • • Community Vision Community conversation Local opportunities Integrate Think about people All scales, simultaneously Champions
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