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Planning for people - Public Life Surveys
Posted 15 03 2018 by Den Aitken
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By Den Aitken
People. Place. Design. The scale of our cities is changing. For decades, the design of our cities has been significantly distorted by the prioritisation of private vehicle movements at the expense of public life. However, driven by buzz words such as “people-friendly”, “placemaking”, “livability” and “the human scale” a sea-change has been not so quietly gaining momentum.
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