{"title":"Jan Gehl","description":"\u003cp\u003eJan Gehl’s books explore the relationship between people and urban spaces, offering insightful perspectives on designing cities that prioritise human experience. His works delve into how public life shapes the environment and how thoughtful planning can create vibrant, sustainable communities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in the intersection of \u003cem\u003earts, culture\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eeducation\u003c\/strong\u003e will find Gehl’s approach both practical and inspiring, blending observational study with a passion for improving city life. His writing encourages a deeper understanding of urban spaces as living, evolving places for people to connect.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"cities-for-people-by-jan-gehl-9781597265737","title":"Cities for People","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use-or could use-the spaces where they live and work. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they should be: cities for people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Taking into account changing demographics and changing lifestyles, Gehl emphasizes four human issues that he sees as essential to successful city planning. He explains how to develop cities that are Lively, Safe, Sustainable, and Healthy. Focusing on these issues leads Gehl to think of even the largest city on a very small scale. For Gehl, the urban landscape must be considered through the five human senses and experienced at the speed of walking rather than at the speed of riding in a car or bus or train. This small-scale view, he argues, is too frequently neglected in contemporary projects.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In a final chapter, Gehl makes a plea for city planning on a human scale in the fast- growing cities of developing countries. A \"Toolbox,\" presenting key principles, overviews of methods, and keyword lists, concludes the book.\u003cbr\u003e The book is extensively illustrated with over 700 photos and drawings of examples from Gehl's work around the globe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932132720876,"sku":"9781597265737","price":121.68,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781597265737-cities-for-people.jpg?v=1783853053"},{"product_id":"how-to-study-public-life-by-jan-gehl-9781610914239","title":"How to Study Public Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow do we accommodate a growing urban population in a way that is sustainable, equitable, and inviting? This question is becoming increasingly urgent to answer as we face diminishing fossil-fuel resources and the effects of a changing climate while global cities continue to compete to be the most vibrant centers of culture, knowledge, and finance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jan Gehl has been examining this question since the 1960s, when few urban designers or planners were thinking about designing cities for people. But given the unpredictable, complex and ephemeral nature of life in cities, how can we best design public infrastructure-vital to cities for getting from place to place, or staying in place-for human use? Studying city life and understanding the factors that encourage or discourage use is the key to designing inviting public space.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eHow to Study Public Life\u003c\/i\u003e Jan Gehl and Birgitte Svarre draw from their combined experience of over 50 years to provide a history of public-life study as well as methods and tools necessary to recapture city life as an important planning dimension.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This type of systematic study began in earnest in the 1960s, when several researchers and journalists on different continents criticized urban planning for having forgotten life in the city. City life studies provide knowledge about human behavior in the built environment in an attempt to put it on an equal footing with knowledge about urban elements such as buildings and transport systems. Studies can be used as input in the decision-making process, as part of overall planning, or in designing individual projects such as streets, squares or parks. The original goal is still the goal today: to recapture city life as an important planning dimension. Anyone interested in improving city life will find inspiration, tools, and examples in this invaluable guide.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932262940908,"sku":"9781610914239","price":110.39,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781610914239-how-to-study-public-life.jpg?v=1783857362"},{"product_id":"life-between-buildings-by-jan-gehl-9781597268271","title":"Life Between Buildings","description":"\u003cp\u003e\". . .thoughtful, beautiful, and enlightening...\"\u003cbr\u003e -Jane Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"This book will have a lasting infl uence on the future quality of public open spaces. By helping us better understand the larger public life of cities, Life between Buildings can only move us toward more lively and healthy public places. Buy this book, fi nd a comfortable place to sit in a public park or plaza, begin reading, look around. You will be surprised at how you will start to see (and design) the world differently.\"\u003cbr\u003e -Landscape Architecture\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47932298526956,"sku":"9781597268271","price":124.19,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781597268271-life-between-buildings.jpg?v=1783858954"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jan-gehl.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}