International Garden Cities Institute
Description
Having launched with a range of renowned Founding Partners the Institute plans a series of thinkpieces covering topics such as modern garden cities, the between health and new towns, the role of communities in new place-making, alternative stewardship models, how to stop communities failing, the importance of good design, alternative mapping methods to help new place-making, migration and building methods. Several research projects underway at postgraduate level. The Institute’s academically-robust research will enhance knowledge of Garden Cities and advance debate on future planned settlements and the retrofitting of existing places. There is a particular emphasis on the cultural, social, and community components of the Garden City model, to widen the focus beyond master planning. Under the auspices of the Institute’s Academic Director, Dr Susan Parham, from the University of Hertfordshire, the Institute is conducting or planning research on a wide range of themes: urbanism and architecture, heritage, sustainability including food resilience, stewardship, governance, social purpose and economics among others. It is intended that the results of research will be widely disseminated, and contribute to the Institute’s growing repository of information about Garden Cities worldwide: the International Garden Cities Compendium.
Robust research will regularly be published. Funding streams are being established including a small annual fee for members, regular conferences, publications. Research findings will be published regularly through our website, events and publications. The plan is to build towards an international conference in 2020, five years after our launch.
Under the auspices of the Institute’s Academic Director, Dr Susan Parham, from our lead academic partner, the University of Hertfordshire, the Institute is conducting or planning research on a wide range of themes including the history, heritage and contemporary practice of Garden Cities; their architecture, design and urbanism; the impact of the wider context of planned settlements; the nature and likely future of Garden Cities worldwide; the stewardship, governance and delivery aspects of managing Garden Cities for community benefit; the sustainability of Garden Cities and more. The Institute’s research is intended to underpin understanding and knowledge about Garden Cities and their wider social, economic, environmental, historical and contemporary context. There is a particular emphasis on the cultural, social, and community components of the Garden City Model, to advance the debate on future planned settlements and retrofitting existing places, and widen the focus beyond master planning. The Institute is run by an Operations Team with workstreams led by individuals drawn from our partners. All research is overseen by the Academic Director Susan Parham, of the University of Hertfordshire, through our partnership agreement.
A detailed research plan is being developed and links with international garden cities researchers are progressing well, with a research project planned by Dr Stephane Sadoux of the University of Grenoble, and our first dedicated doctoral student M Nicolas Vernat is looking at garden cities from an architectural perspective with a particular focus on energy and low carbon issues. A detailed compendium on 30 exemplar garden cities from around the world has been compiled for our website www.gardencitiesinstitute.com to allow comparisons, and exploration of how each has adapted the core principles to local need. All key information is provided free of charge on our website.
SDGS & Targets
Goal 11
Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
11.1
By 2030, ensure access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and upgrade slums
11.1.1
Proportion of urban population living in slums, informal settlements or inadequate housing
11.2
11.2.1
Proportion of population that has convenient access to public transport, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
11.3
11.3.1
Ratio of land consumption rate to population growth rate
11.3.2
Proportion of cities with a direct participation structure of civil society in urban planning and management that operate regularly and democratically
11.4
Strengthen efforts to protect and safeguard the world’s cultural and natural heritage
11.4.1
Total per capita expenditure on the preservation, protection and conservation of all cultural and natural heritage, by source of funding (public, private), type of heritage (cultural, natural) and level of government (national, regional, and local/municipal)
11.5
By 2030, significantly reduce the number of deaths and the number of people affected and substantially decrease the direct economic losses relative to global gross domestic product caused by disasters, including water-related disasters, with a focus on protecting the poor and people in vulnerable situations
11.5.1
Number of deaths, missing persons and directly affected persons attributed to disasters per 100,000 population
11.5.2
Direct economic loss attributed to disasters in relation to global domestic product (GDP)
11.5.3
(a) Damage to critical infrastructure and (b) number of disruptions to basic services, attributed to disasters
11.6
By 2030, reduce the adverse per capita environmental impact of cities, including by paying special attention to air quality and municipal and other waste management
11.6.1
Proportion of municipal solid waste collected and managed in controlled facilities out of total municipal waste generated, by cities
11.6.2
Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (e.g. PM2.5 and PM10) in cities (population weighted)
11.7
11.7.1
Average share of the built-up area of cities that is open space for public use for all, by sex, age and persons with disabilities
11.7.2
Proportion of persons victim of non-sexual or sexual harassment, by sex, age, disability status and place of occurrence, in the previous 12 months
11.a
Support positive economic, social and environmental links between urban, peri-urban and rural areas by strengthening national and regional development planning
11.a.1
Number of countries that have national urban policies or regional development plans that (a) respond to population dynamics; (b) ensure balanced territorial development; and (c) increase local fiscal space
11.b
By 2020, substantially increase the number of cities and human settlements adopting and implementing integrated policies and plans towards inclusion, resource efficiency, mitigation and adaptation to climate change, resilience to disasters, and develop and implement, in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015-2030, holistic disaster risk management at all levels
11.b.1
Number of countries that adopt and implement national disaster risk reduction strategies in line with the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030
11.b.2
Proportion of local governments that adopt and implement local disaster risk reduction strategies in line with national disaster risk reduction strategies
11.c
Support least developed countries, including through financial and technical assistance, in building sustainable and resilient buildings utilizing local materials
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