A "Toolbox," presenting key principles, overviews of methods, and keyword lists, concludes the book. In a final chapter, Gehl makes a plea for city planning on a human scale in the fast- growing cities of developing countries. This small-scale view, he argues, is too frequently neglected in contemporary projects. For Gehl, the urban landscape must be considered through the five human senses and experienced at the speed of walking rather than at the speed of riding in a car or bus or train. Focusing on these issues leads Gehl to think of even the largest city on a very small scale. He explains how to develop cities that are Lively, Safe, Sustainable, and Healthy. Taking into account changing demographics and changing lifestyles, Gehl emphasizes four human issues that he sees as essential to successful city planning. In the introduction of Cities for People, Jan Gehl stated clearly that most cities have neglected the human aspect when planning the built space.
He clearly explains the methods and tools he uses to reconfigure unworkable cityscapes into the landscapes he believes they should be: cities for people. The city of Bat Yam in Israel has chosen to pioneer planning for pedestrians as an integral component of its transportation master plan. In this revolutionary book, Gehl presents his latest work creating (or recreating) cityscapes on a human scale. Summary: For more than forty years Jan Gehl has helped to transform urban environments around the world based on his research into the ways people actually use-or could use-the spaces where they live and work. The unique methodology of Jan Gehl Architects is based on the principle that people are the most important priority of public space in the process of planning.
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