The densification of cities is a global phenomenon that residents of cities experience worldwide. While the densification is regarded as an effective measure to reduce the use of resources, open spaces are important for a public life in cities, where people can meet and interact. In densifying cities where open spaces are in decline, it is crucial that those left are planned well and benefit the wellbeing of its residents. In this online survey, we aim to find out how urban residents use public space and what attributes of the public environment are most important to enable these uses. One of the aspects we focus on in this survey is how people socially interact and how people and building density affects their experience in public space.
The study is conducted in Singapore and Zurich. Approximately, 1200 participants in Singapore and 300 participants in Zurich will be involved. The two cities are despite large cultural and climatic variation and variation in size, similar in that both undergo extensive densification. Both cities are spatially strongly delimited but have growing populations and economies. What experiences are unique to local environments and what phenomena could be global?
If you have any questions, feel free to contact the principal investigator of the Study, Dr Felicity Hwee-Hwa CHAN; E-mail: felicity_chan@sutd.edu.sg (Singapore) or Dr Patricia H. WEPFER; E-mail: wepferp@ethz.ch (Zurich). This study has been reviewed and approved by the SUTD Institutional Review Board (reference code IRB-24-694) and the Ethics Commission of ETH Zurich (project number EK 2024-N-258).
Follow our progress here:
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2024 / 12 / 13 Survey fully launched, already 1000 responses collected
2024 / 11 / 29 Survey test run has been completed with 40 participants in Singapore and 10 in Switzerland