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THE FUTURE OF CITIES, HEALTH
AND THE STREET
THE WORLD IS CHANGING RAPIDLY
CITIES
CITIES1 RAPID URBANISATION2 RISE IN TECHNOLOGY3 CLIMATE CHANGE4 VULNERABILITY/RESILIENCE 5 RISE OF THE HEALTHY CITY
URBANISATION
50% TODAY
URBANISATION
70% BY 2050
3 MILLION PEOPLE MOVE TO CITIES EVERY WEEK - UN HABITAT 09
RAPID. UNPRECEDENTED
CITIES1 RAPID URBANISATION2 RISE IN TECHNOLOGY3 CLIMATE CHANGE4 VULNERABILITY/RESILIENCE 5 RISE OF THE HEALTHY CITY
CLIMATE CHANGE
VULNERABILITY/RESILIENCE
Image Credit: Google Images –Flood Imagery – Brisbane – Wooloowin – January 2011
$ 6 BILLION
Image credit: https://www.theguardian.com/world/gallery/2011/jan/12/brisbane-floods-queensland-residents-flee
CITIES1 RAPID URBANISATION2 RISE IN TECHNOLOGY3 CLIMATE CHANGE4 VULNERABILITY/RESILIENCE 5 RISE OF THE HEALTHY CITY
THE HEALTHY CITY1 GROWTH IN LIFESTYLE DISEASE + MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS - COST2 GROWTH IN DATA AROUND URBAN DESIGN AND POPULATION HEALTH
WHAT MAKES US HEALTHY?
HEALTHCARE + GENES &
BIOLOGY PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
HEALTHY BEHAVIOURS
SOCIO-ECONOMICS
ALL INFLUENCED BY THE
DESIGN OF THE BUILT
ENVIRONMENT
THERE IS A RAPIDLY GROWING BODY OF EVIDENCE LINKING THE CONDITION AND QUALITY OF OUR BUILT ENVIRONMENT TO OUR HEALTH AND TO THE CHOICESTHAT WE MAKE THAT PROMOTE HEALTH
POPULATIONS WITH ACCESS TO GREEN SPACE ..
+ LOWER BMI, OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY LEVELS
+ LOWER PREMATURE MORTALITY DUE TO CIRCULATORY DISEASE
+ LOWER RATES OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE AND DIABETES
+ LOWER METABOLIC SYNDROME RATES
+ BETTER SELF-REGULATED HEALTH
+ INCREASED LONGEVITY
+ BETTER FITNESS AND OVERALL HEALTH
- It even seems to reduce the effect of inequality on health
WHEN WALKING IN NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS, SUCH AS FORESTS OR PARKS..+ HEART RATE LOWERS
+ PULSE RATE LOWERS
+ CORTISOL LEVELS DECREASE
+ LOWER SYMPATHETIC NERVE ACTIVITY
+ ACTIVITY IN THE SUB-GENUAL PRE-FRONTAL CORTEX LOWERS
+ WE FEEL CALMER AND MORE RELAXED
+ IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTIONING IS BOOSTED: THERE IS AN INCREASE IN BODY’S NATURAL KILLER CELLS
+ OUR ATTENTION IS RESTORED
The effect extends to healthcare - in hospitals, views to natural environments lead to lower medication doses, decreased hospital stays, happier and healthier patients and staff and lower staff turnover
+ CITY DWELLERS HAVE HIGHER LEVELS OF DEPRESSION, ANXIETY AND ASSOCIATED MENTAL HEALTH DISORDERS
+ CITY DWELLING IS NOW WELL CORRELATED WITH THE ONSET OF SCHIZOPHRENIA
+ THE REASON FOR CITY STRESS LEADING TO MENTAL ILL HEALTH IS LIKELY COMPLEX AND WOULD INCLUDE A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL STRESSORS, BUT A DOSE RESPONSE DOES APPEAR TO EXIST
URBAN ENVIRONMENTS
HEALTHY CITIES
• ACTIVE TRANSPORT - WALKABLE CITIES • SAFE FOR CYCLING – CYCLING CITIES• BOUNTIFUL GREEN AND BLUE SPACES• VIBRANT WITH ACTIVE CENTRES• SOCIAL SPACES (THIRD SPACES)• MIXED USE • DENSITY (?) • CONNECTIVITY• CLEAN AIR • EQUITABLE
THE CENTRE OF THE CITY, THE STREET
WHAT IS THE STREET OF THE
FUTURE?
WHY DOES IT MATTER?
30% - 40% OF PUBLIC CITY LAND
IN AUSTRALIA
THE STREET IS OUR BIGGEST PUBLIC
SPACE
TRANSIT ORIENTED CAR & BUS DOMINATED
THIS TYPE OF TRANSPORT AND STREET PROMOTES NOISE, POLLUTION,
OBESITY, CARBON EMISSIONS, URBAN HEAT ISLAND EFFECT, CLIMATE
CHANGE,
THE AVERAGE CAR IS PARKED 95% OF THE DAY
Image Credit: Google Maps
Image Credit: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-07-29/potential-road-chaos-as-engineers-rush-to-fix-brsbane-road/4162420
ACTIVATION
FUTURE STREETCIRCULAR QUAY, SYDNEY 2017
• OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER – FEDERAL FUNDING
• AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS
• SMART CITIES COUNCIL AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
• INTERNET OF THINGS ALLIANCE• PLACE DESIGN GROUP - CAT
WHO?
BRIEF:• GREEN, COMPLETE & SMART• 60 METRES, ALFRED STREET, CIRCULAR QUAY
WHAT?
RETURN BRIEF:• GREEN, COMPLETE & SMART• BIOPHILIC • HEALTHY • RESILIENT• GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE• ACTIVATED • BEAUTIFUL
WHAT?
Image Credit: http://www.aila.org.au/imis_prod/THE3RDCITY/THE3RDCITY/2017_Events/Future_Street.aspx
WHERE?
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2017
Image Credit: GoGet CarShare Via Instagram
FUTURE STREET
Image Credit: Sydney Morning Herald, Image by Place Design Group
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2017
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2017
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2017
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2017
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Photography by Catherine Simpson 2017 Newspaper photo: Smart Cities Council ANZ
• TENS OF THOUSANDS OF VISITORS• BROADLY POPULAR• GREAT DEMONSTRATION• WON THE WORLD ARCHITECTURE NEWS
URBAN CHALLENGE AWARD• BUT…. COULD IT BE IMPROVED?
WHAT HAPPENED
• BUT…. COULD IT BE IMPROVED?• DESIGNER LED • INCLUSIVITY?• ENGAGEMENT AND UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT
THE PUBLIC REALLY FEEL WAS LACKING• BIG ISSUES AROUND SMART TECHNOLOGY.
DOES IT PRIORITISE • EFFICIENCY < HAPPINESS
ACTIVATION
#GREENTHESTREETTHE EKKA, BRISBANE 2018
WHERE? Image Credit: Google Maps
RETURN BRIEF:• GREEN, COMPLETE & SMART• BIOPHILIC • HEALTHY • RESILIENT• GREY INFRASTRUCTURE TO GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE• ACTIVATED • BEAUTIFUL
WHAT?
BRIEF:• GREEN, COMPLETE & SMART• BIOPHILIC • HEALTHY • RESILIENT• ACTIVATED • BEAUTIFUL • ART-FILLED, ART LED • COLLECTIVE• ELEMENTS OF SPONTANIETY• COMMUNITY LED• REAL URBAN AGRICULTURE
• 2 DESIGN COMPANIES• 6 ARTISTS AND ARTS COLLECTIVES• 3 BEEKEEPERS• 1 URBAN FARM• 5 NURSERIES• 1 UNIVERSITY – 3 LECTURERS 25 STUDENTS• 1 ADVOCACY GROUP AGEING REVOLUTION • 1 VIRTUAL REALITY COMPANY • 4 INDUSTRY ORGANISATIONS• THE PUBLIC: <200,000 OVER 10 DAYS
WHO?
GREEN THE STREET : GREENER, HEALTHIER, INCLUSIVE , PEOPLE AND CYCLING FOCUSSED STREETS IN BRISBANE AND AUSTRALIA .
URBAN PARKLETSURBAN RAINFOREST WALLS OF ART , B IOMIMETIC AND BIOPHIL IC ARTURBAN AGRICULTURE HUBA COMPLETE STREET WITH ELECTRIC B IKESVR V IEW 30 YEARS INTO THE FUTUREROBUST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH QUT
Courtesy of Real Serious Gamesdit: Google Maps
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
COMMUNITY LED.…LEADING TO COMMUNITY
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
HEY CAT… WE WANT TO DO THIS FOR REAL
YOU DO?
…..
Adaptation to, and mitigation of, climate change should follow a similar integrated city-wide approach: (i) fully providing basic health and environmental services (and primary education); (ii) encouraging and enhancing the resilience of community organizations; (iii) improving building quality, partic- ularly residential; (iv) avoiding development in hazardous or sensitive areas; (v) protecting buffering capacities of local ecosystems and minimizing degradation (for example, groundwater, mangroves, and wetlands); (vi) ensuring food security (for example, evaluating relevance of local agriculture provision); (vii) ensuring the security and resilience of water supply (and quality) and energy provision; (viii) strengthening city-wide security nets, resilience planning, and effective public information; (ix) providing and regularly updating publicly available land-use or development plans; (x) effectively integrating migrants and other marginalized groups; (xi) increasing energy efficiency of buildings and transportation; (xii) identifying and, where possible, ameliorating local climate impacts such as ‘urban heat islands’; (xiii) participating in regional and national programs to increase resilience; (xiv) enhancing local economies; (xv) switching to low consumption lifestyles; and (xvi) participating in global policy dialogues (for example, city-influence on national and interna- tional policies, such as agriculture and energy subsidies and UNFCCC negotiations).
World Bank
BRING A PLANT,
BRING A BEER,
SEE YOU THERE.
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
Photography by Catherine Simpson 2018
Green the Street
Enhances resilience through social capital and connectedness
Gives ownership of place and space to people,
Encourages self-determinancy
Engenders capability
Enhances ecological, agricultural and cultural systems
Embraces low carbon transport options
Engenders equity through complete streets
Makes streets safer
Celebrates people
Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody.
- Jane Jacobs