![]() A city must join those who use public space with attractive, inviting public spaces "Public space is the key to urban attraction." The Lively City aspect focuses on soft edges of the city: where people meet buildings. The Lively City refers to providing more than the most basic of needs or broadening opportunities for interactions with society. Gehl outlines four goals in Chapter One of "Cities for People," which are further explored during the remaining chapters: Using consultations and recommendations completed by Gehl himself, he illustrates many points in "Cities for People" via examples in cities such as Copenhagen, Melbourne, and New York City, among others. In this follow-up to "Life Between Buildings: Using Public Space" (1971), Gehl explores the shifting focus from the automobile to pedestrians and bicyclists in the past fifty years and how this shift affects urban design today. ![]() Danish architect, Jan Gehl’s "Cities for People," (2010) explores improving designs of cities for people to live and work. ![]()
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