Healthy Streets: Adopting International Benchmarks in Medium Density Cities

ABSTRACT

Globally, large cities are implementing guidelines to ensure that environment, economics and sociality are at the forefront of urban design. Promotion of healthier streets has created new opportunities for social and commercial interaction and more inclusive outcomes. However, while most megacity streets share commonalities, the streets in medium-density urban centres do not always share the same problems and opportunities. Following the London Healthy Street programme, interviews were conducted on four inner-suburban Wellington, Aotearoa-New Zealand streets. Findings highlight the impacts of changing demographics and street functionality and indicate that urban scale can be a factor in opportunity for innovative and user-friendly street design.

摘要

在全球范围内，大城市正在实施指导方针，以确保环境、经济和社会性处于城市设计的前沿. 推广更健康的街道为社会和商业互动以及更具包容性的结果创造了新的机会. 然而，尽管大多数特大城市街道具有共同点，但中等密度城市中心的街道并不总是具有相同的问题和机会. 在伦敦健康街项目之后，在新西兰的惠灵顿、奥泰罗阿四条近郊街道进行了采访. 调查结果强调了人口结构和街道功能变化的影响，并表明城市规模可能是创新和用户友好街道设计机会的一个因素.

KEYWORDS:

• Healthy streets
• inclusive design
• urban design
• urban health
• Wellington

Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge the generous support of WCC for the Summer Scholarship programme which enabled this research.

Additional information

Funding

This work was supported by the Wellington City Council [2018/246].