Table 8.

Measures to achieve “Encouragement of connectedness with the past, with the cultural and biological heritage and with other groups and individuals” (characteristic 8 of a healthy city)

Everyday heritage: 1. Participative mapping of the city’s cultural (tangible and intangible) and biological heritage 2. Situating heritage in everyday public space. This would enable citizens to see, pass through, smell, hear, or touch their cultural and biological heritage in everyday public life 3. Accommodating education providers, where sensible, in heritage sites and buildings Integrated preservation: using mechanisms of protecting heritage that integrate with the requirements of a healthy city as a whole. For example, the transfer of development rights protects heritage sites from development but brings them development income from selling development rights Cultural city center: designing the city center like a cultural quarter of memorable places and animating it with street life, festivals, and celebrations Eco-design: 1. Design that uses common heritage elements and layouts to integrate different neighborhoods with the urban core 2. Design that protects natural landmarks and enhances eco-built landmarks 3. Design that stimulates playful interaction of people with their environment and with strangers (e.g., green gyms, air mattress-like surface on a sidewalk)

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