TEDxCarlton - Gil Penalosa - Creating 8-80 Cities, from thinking to doing

Sustainable urbanisation of cities can create space for engaging all community members aged from 8 years through to 80 years.

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[Smallpotato1965]

He shouldn't go to Copenhagen, he should go to the Netherlands, where everything he talked about has been already done for thirthy years. The Danish are just good at blowing their own trumpet and inflating their statistics by only counting the commutes to work on bicycle and so everyone is going spastic about Copenhagen,but in the city of Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands, SIXTY percent of ALL trips are made by bike.

[Francis Chen]

He basically summarized sustainable urbanism in 14 minutes.

[Francis Chen]

"A 13 year old can summarize urban planning in one drawing!"