Public Space · Public Life

Author: (Denmark) Jan Gehl / (Denmark) Lars Gemz?e / Tang Yuyang, etc.
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Publish Date: 2003-04-01
Features: The Copenhagen city studied in this book is an ancient European city whose history and landscape are vastly different from those of cities in China or other countries in the world. The book tells the story of how Copenhagen, over a long span of more than 40 years, transformed from a car-dominated city into a people-centered city. This policy change, which has drawn widespread international attention and inspired other cities, is the subject of this book. Essentially, it is a book about research methods, explaining how to engage city residents and how to collect and utilize data related to public life in urban planning. This method has been applied in Copenhagen for over 30 years. It is precisely in Copenhagen that people have deeply realized the importance of public life and gained knowledge about how cities should operate to improve the lives of their citizens. In fact, this research method for urban space and life has proven to be extremely useful. This is also one of the main reasons why Copenhagen has been able to transform so perfectly into a people-centered city.