Product Description

Based on the work of famed architect and urban planner Jan Gehl and his visionary work transforming urban environments from traffic-congested streets and cold urban landscapes into havens for people and real human interaction. Gehl has been leading a revolution in urban planning that has been transforming cities worldwide. From the expanded pedestrian spaces in New York's Times Square, to Copenhagen's famed bike lanes, to the rebuilding of earthquake devastated Christchurch New Zealand, Gehl's team bring real solutions that promise a more humanistic dimension to cities where people are not displaced by congested streets, skyscrapers, and the car-centric urbanism of the 1960s and '70s. Andreas Dalsgaard's stunningly photographed film travels around the world to explore how Gehl's vision of a human megacity--intimate, lively, safe, sustainable and healthy--is being implemented in cities around the world.

Review

The global journey strongly enlivens the lesson; it s fascinating how alike and how different cities can be, and more fascinating to imagine what they may become. --David DeWitt - New York Times

Andreas M. Dalsgaard s excellent urban-planning documentary should enthuse pedestrians, bike riders and public-space proponents everywhere. --Ronnie Scheib- Variety

Wonderful! The film is largely about the very encouraging (for me) reaction to our present situation. To think about encouraging happy accidents. To create common spaces. To find less disruptive ways of getting around. To bring us back together. --David Byrne - Musician, Talking Heads founder and Cycling Enthusiast.

Andreas M. Dalsgaard s excellent urban-planning documentary should enthuse pedestrians, bike riders and public-space proponents everywhere. --Ronnie Scheib- Variety

Wonderful! The film is largely about the very encouraging (for me) reaction to our present situation. To think about encouraging happy accidents. To create common spaces. To find less disruptive ways of getting around. To bring us back together. --David Byrne - Musician, Talking Heads founder and Cycling Enthusiast.