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Sustainable Places

Examples for neighbourhoods

Examples of sustainable design and management at the neighbourhood scale.

Abbotts Wharf
Abbotts Wharf in London is an example of an underground waste collection system at a site scale in Britain.
Tags: waste, neighbourhoods
East London Community Recycling Partnership
A community-led kitchen and green waste composting project.
Tags: waste, neighbourhoods
East London green grid
In East London, the Green Grid framework aims to create a network of interlinked, multi-functional and high quality open spaces that connect with town centres, public transport nodes, the countryside in the urban fringe, the Thames and major employment and residential areas.
Tags: green infrastructure, public space, water, regions and subregions, cities and towns, neighbourhoods
Green Alleys in Chicago, USA
Storm water management has paved the way for innovative street design.
Tags: water, cities and towns, neighbourhoods
Hammarby Sjöstad
A new district in Stockholm which uses a community energy system and a vacuum waste system amongst other environmental innovations.
Tags: energy, transport, waste, cities and towns, neighbourhoods
Incredible Edible Todmorden
A community-led grow your own initiative that has transformed the way local people engage with food and their public green spaces in Todmorden, a market town in West Yorkshire.
Tags: green infrastructure, public space, cities and towns, neighbourhoods
Jamshedpur rainwater harvesting system, India
Coping with a depleting ground water table and water scarcity by establishing a water use policy to harvest rainwater.
Tags: water, cities and towns, neighbourhoods
Manor fields park, Sheffield
Sheffield City Council led a masterplan for Manor Fields Park that was heavily influenced by sustainable water management objectives.
Tags: green infrastructure, public space, water, neighbourhoods
Mauenheim bio-energy village
A village that generates all its own energy from locally grown bio fuels.
Tags: energy, neighbourhoods
Middlesbrough Urban Growing
The Middlesbrough Urban Farming project tackles sustainable development, public health and healthy eating via a programme of urban agriculture.
Tags: green infrastructure, public space, cities and towns, neighbourhoods
Mile End Park
Mile End Park in Tower Hamlets, London, is the first example of a green bridge in the UK.
Tags: green infrastructure, public space, neighbourhoods
Neighbourhood regeneration in Malmö
The future of Augustenborg was turned around by exemplary environmental adaptation.
Tags: energy, green infrastructure, public space, transport, waste, water, neighbourhoods
Newlands green space regeneration
By transforming old brownfield sites into new community woodlands, the Newlands programme is stimulating economic investment in north west England.
Tags: green infrastructure, regions and subregions, cities and towns, neighbourhoods
Quaggy River
Sutcliffe Park in London is an example of a newly created floodplain which re-opened in 2004.
Tags: green infrastructure, public space, water, neighbourhoods
Seonyudo Park
Seonyudo Park is an award-winning urban ecological park, created by the conversion of a former water treatment plant.
Tags: green infrastructure, public space, water, neighbourhoods
Sydney’s Olympics legacy, Australia
The legacy of the Sydney Olympic Games shows world-class sustainable design and management.
Tags: energy, public space, transport, waste, water, neighbourhoods
This way to better streets
CABE has led a series of events on street design and has reviewed streetscape design practice in ten good examples of streets and spaces in the UK at a site scale.
Tags: public space, transport, cities and towns, neighbourhoods
Upton urban extension, Northampton
At the Upton urban extension in Northampton the SuDS system was integral from the project outset and has delivered a range of high quality green infrastructure features.
Tags: green infrastructure, water, neighbourhoods
Westmill wind farm
Westmill wind farm is entirely community owned and was the first onshore wind farm in the South East of England.
Tags: energy, neighbourhoods
Sheffield energy recovery facility
A modern energy recovery facility generates electricity and heat for the city.
Tags: energy, waste, cities and towns, neighbourhoods

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