From Street Place to Urban Areas:Research and Practices of Urban Livability in the US
Livability is an important issue of humanism urban design in the US since the 1960s.In contrast to modernism's utopian vision,livability theory focuses on micro narrative and daily life.This paper elaborates on the development of livability theory and its practices in the US since the 1960s.It finds out that that research on livability before 1996 mainly focused on the scale of street-place,with eyes on the two trajectories:from safe streets to multiple roadway boulevards,and from social places to public realm reshaping.The rise of New Urbanism in 1996 has promoted the research on and practice of livability in a multi-dimensional approach ranging from streets,communities,cities to regions.Based on the analysis,three inspirations are proposed for livable city construction in China,i.e.,adhering to the people-oriented principle to optimize pedestrian and public transport system,focusing on daily life to encourage public participation,and achieving the consistency and integrity of multi-scale spatial elements.
urban livabilitystreet lifehumanistic urban designpublic space
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