How the Compendium is Organised

These pages contain guidance on the principles of urban design, taken from the Urban Design Compendium.

The guidance is structured in 5 sections, each of which provides detailed guidance and practical examples of where this has been achieved:

• Appreciating the Context – how urban design thinking interprets and builds on historic character, natural resources and community aspirations to develop a vision of what a place might become
• Creating the Urban Structure – looking at the relationships between the components of a place: blocks, streets, buildings, open space, landscape etc
• Making the Connections – ensuring people can move around effectively and sustainably through well designed streets, footpaths, public transport, green corridors etc
• Detailing the Place – detailing of buildings and public realm and, critically how these work together
• Implementation & Delivery– managing the design process beyond completion

Further guidance on the processes which help to ensure these design principles are delivered can be found in the Delivering Quality Places section.