Public space examples
Lessons can be learned from examples of good practice across Europe and beyond. The design and management of public space in towns and cities with hotter and wetter climates than ours can provide useful lessons for adaptation to climate change.
AccordiaThe first housing scheme to win the Stirling Prize, the design of Accordia maximises access to public open space and protects established habitats.
Tags: green infrastructure, public space
Blue CarpetIn Newcastle the Blue Carpet art project has created a new public space outside the Laing Art Gallery using recycled bottle glass.
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Cheonggyecheon Restoration ProjectThe Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project created a 5.8km landscaped green pathway that runs alongside the revitalised Cheonggyecheon stream in Seoul, South Korea.
Tags: green infrastructure, public space, transport, water, cities and towns
Chicago urban forestThe City of Chicago is harnessing the potential of trees to reduce the impact of heatwaves by developing and implementing a strategic management plan for its ‘urban forest’.
Tags: green infrastructure, public space, cities and towns
Chiswick business parkThe development now demonstrates how designing a high quality landscape naturally integrates adaptation measures such as large trees, surface water and good irrigation which will ensure comfort for people is maintained as cities get hotter.
Tags: green infrastructure, public space, water
East London green gridIn 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
Flood protection in SalfordSalford uses the River Irwell flood control scheme and a strategic flood risk assessment to protect itself from future flooding.
Tags: public space, water, cities and towns
Incredible Edible TodmordenA 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
Manor fields park, SheffieldSheffield 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
Middlesbrough Urban GrowingThe Middlesbrough Urban Farming project tackles sustainable development, public health and healthy eating via a programme of urban agriculture.
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Mile End ParkMile End Park in Tower Hamlets, London, is the first example of a green bridge in the UK.
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Milton Keynes floodplain forestBy re-establishing a natural floodplain along the Ouse Valley, the Parks Trust is enhancing the landscape, increasing biodiversity and creating valuable protection from flooding.
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Neighbourhood regeneration in MalmöThe future of Augustenborg was turned around by exemplary environmental adaptation.
Tags: energy, green infrastructure, public space, transport, waste, water, neighbourhoods
Piccadilly GardensPiccadilly Gardens in Manchester has been redesigned to support interchange between tram, bus and pedestrian routes. It integrates strong design features that provide the capacity for events but also incorporate water features and tree planting.
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Prize-winning Portland, USAPortland is a top-rated American sustainable city which is friendly, sustainable, accessible and leads the way in green initiatives. It offers excellent examples of encouraging cycling, designing public space to cope with climate change and providing leadership for sustainable urban development.
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Quaggy RiverSutcliffe Park in London is an example of a newly created floodplain which re-opened in 2004.
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Seonyudo ParkSeonyudo Park is an award-winning urban ecological park, created by the conversion of a former water treatment plant.
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Sydney’s Olympics legacy, AustraliaThe 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 streetsCABE 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
Waitakere eco city, New ZealandSustainable urban growth in New Zealand’s first eco city.
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