How do you build cities that are exciting and nice to live in? What factors in the physical
environment is it that make you feel comfortable in some of the places in the city, but in other …

In this selection from Life Between Buildings (originally published in 1971) Danish
architect/planner/urban designer Jan Gehl describes designing “the space between …

Throughout time, cities have been built in different ways and city structures can look different
in different places in the world. The urban planning ideal has changed and small narrow …

The urban areas are growing and the public spaces tend to be exploit. In Sweden, the urban
planning must strive to achieve a good built environment. The aim of this paper is to study …

Urban theorists and critics write with an individual knowledge of the good urban life.
Recently, writing about good urban life has boldly called for smart cities or even happy cities …

This study sets out to explore the process of city planning through the design of an urban
area in relation to a cultural world heritage. The purpose of this study is to get a deeper …

Degree: Takn. dr DegreeYear: 1996 Institute: Kungliga Tekniska Hogskolan (Sweden)
Publisher: Royal Institute Of Technology, S-100 44 Stockholm 70, Sweden. On the basis of …

Beginning in the 1960s writers such as Jacobs, Lynch, William H. Whyte, Clare Cooper
Marcus, and Danish designer Jan Gehl emphasized the need to base urban design on the …

This thesis examines how the City of Malmö in Sweden approaches issues of well-being
and health in the urban environment, through urban planning. More and more people across …

For centuries streets have had an economic, civic, cultural, social and political value. Streets
used to be the major'places' where people gathered to socialize, trade and relax. However …