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     • Because in addition to being sociable, accessible and comfortable, a good place should also be full of uses and activities, which in turn boost the economic activity over there. Projects like the London Olympic Park or Washington DC’s Anacostia River Waterfront, for instance, brought about economic development to the neighborhoods around them.
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   • Fostering economic development through urban places: Not only can urban public spaces make people feel better, safe, and included, but they can also foster economic development. The quality of a place leads to attachment, and the attachment leads to higher growth. How could this happen?

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   How can public spaces boost economic development?

   • Here are ten ways you can help strengthen the social fabric of your community and jump-start economic development by creating and sustaining healthy public spaces. 1. Improve Streets as Places Placemaking is based on a simple principle: if you plan cities for cars and traffic, you will get cars and traffic.

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   Why do people like public spaces?

   • I like them because they provide green breather spaces in the city and provide a place for recreation, enjoyment and a sense of belonging. However, after hearing from many prominent urban development experts at a recent World Bank-led “Urbanscapes Symposium”, I quickly realized that public spaces are more than this.

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   Do cities need green spaces?

   • Most cities fall short of the public space goal of 15-20%, but green spaces are necessary in urban environments. How to make cities more livable for people? How to create good, inclusive and accessible public spaces for all? I’m not an urban planner nor an architect. I’m not a sociologist or an anthropologist either.

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   Do public spaces generate economic value?

   • But research shows that our public spaces can generate significant economic value. For example, a UN Habitat study showed that every $1 spent on park maintenance in Philadelphia generated nearly $100 in economic value.

   How do public spaces strengthen local economies? Here are 4 ways

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   Why do we need public open space?

   • In that respect, providing people with new public spaces, where they can feel invited, welcome and safe, can encourage them to spend more time outside and foster interaction among lower income communities. It should come as no surprise, then, that planning standards recommend devoting 15-20 % of land in cities to public open space…

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   Apr 25, 2023 · And when investments are made with intention, public spaces can help catalyze equitable economic opportunity in cities and neighborhoods while reducing costs from health care to climate...

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   Apr 22, 2021 · As the nation considers ways to recover from the pandemic and subsequent recession, we examine practices from public space efforts that prioritize equity and opportunity.

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   May 9, 2016 · Fostering economic development through urban places: Not only can urban public spaces make people feel better, safe, and included, but they can also foster economic development. The quality of a place leads to attachment, and the attachment leads to higher growth.

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   In such times, public spaces, apart from being places of respite in the fast-moving urban landscape, also play a pivotal role in fostering communal connections, promoting socialisation, and strengthening congregation-dependent informal economies in these cities.

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   Sep 14, 2021 · Together with fixing the digital divide, and restoring a balance between tourism and housing, protecting and enhancing life-saving green spaces should become a core part of city management in 2021 and beyond. The pandemic has accelerated the digital transformation and has shown the need for stepping up climate action.