Image: is the role of urban design principles and/or guidelines, utilised here at East Perth, to help us remember our ‘urban manners’?  While we may have different views on the aesthetics of these houses - they certainly make a positive contribution to the street.

Our actions and decisions regarding the way we modify the built environment, in however small a way, affect others as well as ourselves. We must ensure that positive outcomes and any possible negative effects are distributed equitably.  Do not do to other people’s places what you would not want done to yours.

Relevant Blogs

Urban Manners: the Power of Chalk

Other Principles

1. The city is a public place

2. Permanent residents should have priority

3. Urban Manners

4. The domain of people is the ground

5. Landowner’s rights and responsibilities

6. The city/ town is a market place

7. The built environment is meaningful and communicates

8. Synergy