Placemaking Resources and Guides
These resources below provide fantastic insights into the principles and practice of placemaking. They mostly come from external organisations
We acknowledge and thank those organisations for their knowledge and efforts to advance the placemaking movement and share them below for that purpose.
Project for Public Spaces Placemaking Booklet
This booklet provides an excellent summary of some key placemaking concepts.
Source: Project for Public Spaces
Great Public Spaces Guide
The Great Public Spaces Toolkit helps bring the principles of the draft NSW Public Spaces Charter to life through a collection of free resources to support local government, state agencies, industry and the community.
Source: New South Wales Government
11 Tips to Create Better Places
This free guide provides 11 tips for how community members and professionals can create better places.
Source: Town Team Movement
Good for Busine$$
The Heart Foundation's excellent Good for Busine$$ report provides some powerful research and key messages for creating better places for people.
Source: The Heart Foundation
The Pop-Up Placemaking Toolkit
AARP Livable Communities and Team Better Block have partnered on numerous demonstration projects in support of communities that want to become more livable and age-friendly.
This tool kit stems from Team Better Block’s on-the-ground experience and lessons learned.
Source: AARP and Team Better Block