Friday, May 15, 2015

Amanda Burden: How public spaces make cities work



There are loads of good talks on the TED site.

This one by Amanda Burden is introduced there like this:
More than 8 million people are crowded together to live in New York City. What makes it possible? In part, it’s the city’s great public spaces — from tiny pocket parks to long waterfront promenades — where people can stroll and play. 
Amanda Burden helped plan some of the city’s newest public spaces, drawing on her experience as, surprisingly, an animal behaviorist. She shares the unexpected challenges of planning parks people love — and why it's important.

3 comments:

Phil Beesley said...

Jonathan : "There are loads of good talks on the TED site."

Bollocks. TED is about white rich people defining politics.

Phil Beesley said...

And Amanda Burden hasn't even watched Crocodile Dundee, One and Two?

Anonymous said...

who else but rich white folk should define politics. Who else has done it better?