Changing Minds for Changing Cities By Jonathan Daly, GHD
The old lady mob
ComplexCity by Lee Jang Sub
“What is the city but the people?” SHAKESPEARE
“The majority of urban innovations do not require sophisticated high tech solutions, more often attitudinal and mindset shifts were both the issue and answer.� CHARLES LANDRY
“Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.” FRANCIS BACON
“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” WOODROW WILSON
Performance arts The Urban Identity
“EMPIRE STATE OF MIND”
What is an urban identity? Laneways
Iconic Buildings
Trams
Quarter Acre Block
Sport
CafĂŠ Culture
Street Art
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Cars + Traffic
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What is an urban identity? Trams
Quarter Acre Block
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Cars + Traffic
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What is an urban identity? Laneways
Iconic Buildings
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CafĂŠ Culture
? Sport
Street Art
Thinking inside the box
The power of loss over gain
The pressure points of urban change streetscapes buildings car parking car ownership road space public space private space green space brown space mobility rules + regulations
BEDZed Development Buildings reimaged LONDON CARBON FOOTPRINTS RESULTS:
1.9 to 4.4 Human hectares behaviour per person THE DIFFERENCE IS
BEDZed Development LONDON
CARBON FOOTPRINTS RESULTS:
1.9 to 4.4 hectares per person
Streets reclaimed
Abbotsford, Melbourne
Shared space reimaged
Auckland, NZ
Auckland, NZ
Car parking reimaged
23
HRS
The average time cars are parked during a day
Car parking reimaged
Car ownership Car sharing reimaged
Car sharing
IN MELBOURNE 1 car share vehicle replaced 8 private vehicles
Cycling reimaged
will require a re-think about our approach to health & safety Family Mobility reimaged
‌the greatest threat to the creative city?
will require a re-think about our approach to health & safety ‌the greatest threat to the creative city?
These pressure points can be treated through a form of urban acupuncture – interventions with strong experiential value – that attempt to rebalance the well-being of the city.
Performance arts
The (lesser) told story of Bogota
Meet Antanas Mockus
Traffic fatalities
Domestic Violence
Water Shortages
3 new libraries
50 new schools + 150 upgrades
1200 revamped or new public parks
300 km of bicycle lanes
…and this
90 km of BRT
A final thought‌
HELSINKI Low2No Development
50% Behaviour change
LONDON Reduction in carbon emissions
30% Behaviour change
What is the cost to your city of slow change…of not being proactive…of not building capacity for change among the citizenry?
THANK YOU Jonathan Daly Team leader, Behaviour Change E: jonathan.daly@ghd.com M: 0459 827 740