Lecture held on Thursday 27th September 2012 – Youth Economic Forum discussion series under the theme:

Urban Lebanon: Current trends and vision to reform

Lecture that presents Lebanese current urban problems and proposes a matrix for generating solutions

http://www.yef-Lb.org/ckfinder/userfiles/files/Urban%20Development%20Agenda%20English%20092012_FINAL.pdf

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Urban Planning Studies

• Plan Danger • Plan Ecochard I • IRFED • Plan Ecochard II • Plan A.P.U.R. • IAURIF • Plan Eddeh – Dar AlHandassa • SDATL

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Urban Planning Studies

They were not implemented

Signaling effect or the urban disorder either in the build environment or the practice

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The theory of the broken window

James Q. Wilson and Georges l. Kelling

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The Theory of Broken Windows

Consider a building with a few broken windows. If the windows are not repaired, the tendency is for vandals to break a few more windows. Eventually, they may even break into the building, and if it's unoccupied, perhaps become squatters or light fires inside. Or consider a sidewalk. Some litter accumulates. Soon, more litter accumulates. Eventually, people even start leaving bags of trash from take-out restaurants there or breaking into cars.

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The Theory of Broken Windows

• New York City - metro • Albuquerque • Lowell, Massachusetts • The Netherlands

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The Theory of Broken Windows

Real estate affecting urban planning Other side effects of better monitoring and cleaned up streets may well be desired by governments or housing agencies, as well as the population of a neighborhood: broken windows can count as an indicator of low real estate value, and may deter investors. Fixing windows is therefore also a step of real estate development, which may lead, desired or not, to gentrification

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The Theory of Broken Windows

What’s the Lebanese UP Broken Windows • Excessive building • Traffic • Lack of green spaces • Misuse of public spaces • Gentrification • …

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Tipping Point

What can we do on small scales that can really affects the global scales?

What’s the tipping point?

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Tipping Point

• Increasing green spaces in urban areas(YEF public policy n: 11)

• Public spaces (YEF public policy n: 11)

• Coloring elevation • Democratic voting for public building • …

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Thank You

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