public space

City centre canopies (Porirua)

Submitted by administrator on Tue, 08/08/2006 - 21:02
City centre canopies (Porirua) - Web page
The Porirua City Council decided in 1994 to commission a project to cover the pedestrian areas of the shopping centre between Hartham Place and Serlby Place with distinctive canopies at a cost of nearly $4 million.
Region (NZ): 
Wellington region
City/Town: 
Porirua
Topics: 
Design and planning
Institution: 
Local government
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public space
streetscape
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--2.50 Wellington
-2 Design

Walking, from policy to practice - the Geneva case

Submitted by administrator on Wed, 14/06/2006 - 20:51
the Geneva case
Link to walking, from policy to practice - Document - Adobe PDF - Acrobat Reader
A paper about making cities walking friendly as opposed to the car friendly cities that have developed over the past forty years
Country (exc. NZ): 
EU
Topics: 
Design and planning
Transport
Walkability
Free tags: 
evaluation
public space
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--2.95 Rest-of-world, UN, EU etc studies
-2 Design

Evaluating Walking Promotion Policies etc

Submitted by administrator on Wed, 14/06/2006 - 20:34
Link to document - Document - Adobe PDF - Acrobat Reader
This paper reveals pedestrian practices and the way they connect to other daily activities
Au
Country (exc. NZ): 
Overseas (other)
Topics: 
Policy
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evaluation
public space
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-1 Policy
--1.80 Policy and strategy (not NZ, Aust, Nth America, UK)

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