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How can green and blue spaces revitalise and ignite towns and cities?
Willmott Dixon: Building knowledge
29 minutes 3 seconds
2 years ago
How can green and blue spaces revitalise and ignite towns and cities?
Green and blue spaces are key ingredients in placemaking, but they aren't always seen as a priority. As towns and cities look to evolve, green and blue spaces need to be an integral part of urban regeneration schemes.In this episode, David Atkinson, our national head of land and development, is joined by Andrew Davison, project director at Queensberry Real Estate, to discuss the value green and blue spaces can bring, including:
Creating community-centric places where people want to spend time
Making visits to towns and cities less transactional
Promoting health, wellbeing and socialisation
The economic benefits
Examples of towns and cities who are doing it well - and the approaches they use to finance the upkeep