October 26, 2007

A Global Question Answered : How Would You Rebuild Your City?

If they find time at the Polygamous Wedding conference today, I’m hoping to present the first analysis of the answers we received when we asked the Likemind coffee mornings on October 19th a simple question. We asked:

“If you were to rebuild your city from scratch, how would you build it differently and what would you keep the same?”

And each of the cities added their answers to this Wiki here.

And I’ve tried to analyze the answer to come up with some major themes that came up across the cities across the globe. The Google Doc with the presentation is here (http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=ddshtzbc_11dp756q) and the key themes that bubbled up were:

• Create The Right Mix To Create The Right Neighborhoods
• Waterways as Transport Alternatives
• Bury The Car
• Green Space, More Urban Farms
• Build Up Not Out
• Slow Down, Ride A Bike, Take A Walk
• Where’s My Transport System?

This is the first take on the analysis and I’d love some feedback. I’d also love you guys to share the Google doc link, blog it, Digg it, email it, represent it. Thank you.

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