Creating Vibrant Communities

A fresh approach to delivering healthy, sustainable and livable communities

How to create communities where people love to live.

This is a book for anyone who is involved in the creation of new places who questions can we do it better? It’s for developers, councils, public servants, retailers, design consultants, community groups – anyone involved in the development process of master planned communities through to large scale urban infill developments.

Creating Vibrant Communities sets out a practical process to encourage a more considered, strategic and collaborative approach to development, ensuring we are creating the vibrant communities where people love to live.

You’ll discover:

The 18 key elements of a truly vibrant community and how to achieve them.
What Australia’s leading developers, advocates and councils are saying about the need for healthier and more liveable communities.
Tribus – a community evolution process which is a three phase methodology to assist in the creation of more sustainable communities.
How greater collaboration can capture shared value for the developer, government and the community.
A practical discussion on the infl uence of architecture and urban design principles on new town and village centres.
How to plant the seeds for socially connected communities to thrive.
A range of ideas, tools, case studies and resources to assist you at every stage of the urban development process

About the Author

Dean Landy

Author, Architect, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist. Dean Landy is a forward-thinking architect, urban designer and social entrepreneur. With 18 years’ experience in the design industry and a partner at the leading Melbourne-based practice ClarkeHopkinsClarke, he is heavily involved in the design and construction of a wide range of complex projects from community hubs through to the planning of future cities.

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