Walkable Cities by Jeff Speck
29/06/2014.
[VIDEO TEDx]
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
Although European cities and their citizens discovered the virtues of walkability in large cities, it is interesting that from the United States more and more voices defend this idea. The Fordist model of mobility through the automobile has been the most territory has colonized all over the planet and that greater "ecological footprint" created as a development model.
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BMW Guggenheim Lab.
Suburbia 1972 / 2012. Bill Owens.
Jeff Speck at Tedx Talks.
Jeff Speck at Tedx Talks.
Jeff Speck at Tedx Talks.
Jeff Speck at Tedx Talks.
Below, this video is one more on these urban core issues, however very interesting, and even very healthy for citizens, the "walkable cities". The idea raised in this video TED Talk starring the urban planner Jeff Speck, delves into his "General Theory of walkability." The theory is developed under the guidance of four basic rules to increase walkability in urban areas: walking must be safe, comfortable, interesting, and – most importantly – there must be a reason to walk in the first place. Counterpointing this with America’s fixation with accommodating the automobile, Speck shows us how beneficial a pedestrian city can be, both functionally and aesthetically.
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JEFF SPECK
Jeff Speck, is a city planner and architectural designer who, through writing, lectures, and built work, advocates internationally for smart growth and sustainable design. As Director of Design at the National Endowment for the Arts from 2003 through 2007, he oversaw the Mayors' Institute on City Design and created the Governors' Institute on Community Design, a federal program that helps state governors fight suburban sprawl. Prior to joining the Endowment, Mr. Speck spent ten years as Director of Town Planning at Duany Plater-Zyberk and Co., a leading practitioner of the New Urbanism, where he led or managed more than forty of the firm's projects. He is the co-author of Suburban Nation: The Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream as well as The Smart Growth Manual. He serves as a Contributing Editor to Metropolis Magazine, and on the Sustainability Task Force of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. His new book, Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time, is now available in print, digital, and audio format.
