Brian Falk, Director, Project for Lean Urbanism, US at the OECD Conference on SMEs and the Urban Fabric, 15-16 April 2019, OECD Trento Centre, Italy.
Full event info: https://oe.cd/SMEs-Cities
14. Small-scale development
• Cities need all scales
• System encourages big
• Big is all that’s built
Small
• is more adaptable
• preserves character
• spreads risks and rewards
• allows locals to participate
15. Scale is critical
The same requirements for big and
small projects place a disproportionate
burden on the small ones.
16. What’s needed
1. Change requirements
that impede small-scale
development
2. Recruit and train small
developers
21. Tools
4
Critical, attainable reform
associated with lean site
plans
28
Site Development
Incremental improvements
to walkability within the Lean
context
Urban Form
Strategies
20
Changes that will most
effectively implement a
predictable, Lean process
Procedural Strategies
08
Identify how to use Tool for
the local context
06
Decision Points
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24. Is Small possible in your city?
Level playing field?
• Regulations, bureaucracy,
cost, financing
25. Is Small possible in your city?
Level playing field?
• Regulations, bureaucracy,
cost, financing
Can entrepreneurs
• Operate without licenses?
• Own their own space?
26. Is Small possible in your city?
Level playing field?
• Regulations, bureaucracy,
cost, financing
Can entrepreneurs
• Operate without licenses?
• Own their own space?
Are young people / immigrants
• Opening businesses?
• Living with their parents?
• Shaping their communities?
• Moving in or moving away?