Creating and Governing ‘Proximity’ in compact cities City scale policy goals: Densifying and adding Affordable Housing in well served neighbourhoods Providing hybrid spaces like co-working areas and fab-labs in the densifying and vulnerable middle ring and suburbs to attract knowledge workers Promoting House Ownership and supporting local businesses to promote sustenance of vulnerable groups and counter gentrification and displacement Strengthening Transport Infrastructure and services like adding bike paths and pedestrian paths, transforming grey infrastructure into social spaces. Neighbourhood scale policy goals:
Strategic Neighbourhood Locations for intervention Building Social housing close to transit nodes • Streets and parklets • Car parking areas Cross check service delivery of walkable and • Public schools pedestrian paths connecting to transit nodes. • Abandoned buildings and lots Adding Density and Diversity of buildings and people • Community hubs • Public parks and gardens Encouraging economic diversity and local production • Transit nodes in neighbourhoods by supporting local retail shops, light industries and third spaces through incentives and investments and promoting circular economy principles Promote local consumption by creating local neighbourhood campaigns and increasing social cohesion among communities Provide alternate means of services for critical areas, like areas with elderly population, using tools of popup economy and tactical urbanism, eg. Local farmer’s market, pop-up cafes and restaurants Governance of ‘Proximity Services’ in Neighbourhoods Co creation involving communities as social capital in identification of issues, provision and regulations of services. A greater co-ordination between city scale and neighbourhood scale. Creating Investment plan to prioritise in strategic neighbourhoods (eg. Portland) Breaking Government silos and creating public-private partnerships E.g., Involving police forces in local campaigns to identify local safety issues in areas with program like ‘coffee with cop’ (Melbourne) Knowledge sharing of ‘evidence-based strategies’ with neighbourhoods. Establishing Feedback Loops to monitor quality of services like neighbourhood leakage indicator (Portland) Table 5 - Creating and Governing ‘Proximity’ in compact cities
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