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“We have come to the conclusion
that to succeed (and with the
conviction that we both must and
can succeed) all key stakeholders
in the process need to be prepared
to do everything differently”.
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pension fund invited me to help plan and
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legacy for an Olympics.
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bravado and in some ways it was and perhaps
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What on earth can it all mean?
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or rather words, are bandied about like
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a commitment to dishonesty, obfuscation,
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and a weak community populated by
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after 15 years of this we have come to the
conclusion that to succeed – and with the
conviction that we both must and can succeed
– all key stakeholders in the process need
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about the nature of the challenge.
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connected streets, short blocks, a considered
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entrances, corners and pavements, higher
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massing of buildings in what we call, ‘walkable
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primarily for people and cyclists is the route to
very low carbon built environments.
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energy supply is beginning to happen and the
pace of innovation would grow immeasurably
with a stronger strategic policy commitment
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can be literally greened with a suite of
ecologically sensitive interventions at the
macro and micro levels creating a greener
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tree planting and grander parks and water
features.
Combine these kinds of elements together
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investment structure as we aim to do at
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not only create a very attractive, high value
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households of all kinds, but that it will attract
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easy for people to live in environmentally
sustainable ways.
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ideas and this is why several years ago we
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hope that you will be able to visit the emerging
place at Beeston Park and see for yourselves
what a difference these ideas can have when
they are translated in a disciplined way into
homes, streets, green spaces, energy systems
that you can visit, live and work in and, in due
course, observe better everyday ways of living.