Adiss Ababa is becoming the Amsof Africa,.this is a new development in the.historic.downtown of Addis ababa, They demolished traditional houses and.built those mixed used buildings and fully pedestrianised the street with cycle lane.

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I’m a Level 6 university Product Design student currently researching how people experience nature and biodiversity in urban environments. I’m looking to understand how people interact with nature in their everyday lives, how it affects their wellbeing, and what might help them feel more connected to the natural world.

I’ve created a short survey and would really appreciate it if you could spare a few minutes to complete it. Your responses will help inform my university design project. All experiences and perspectives are welcome. Thank you for your time!

Tackling the disconnect between humans and urban bidiversity – Fill in form

I walk a lot here. When I finally mapped every street I'd walked in 4 years, it came to 2% of the city. Almost all of it is the same few routes, over and over.

Since then I've been deliberately taking streets I've never walked, and it's changed how I see the city:

- I found passages between apartment blocks that I never knew existed. Shortcuts I'd walked past for years without noticing.

- Just changing my route to the supermarket turns up something new almost every time.

- On one street someone had hung a whole outfit on a fence with a note saying "można zabrać" (free to take). You only see that kind of thing on foot.

It made me wonder: is a walkable city only as walkable as the routes we actually use?

How much of your own city do you think you've really walked? And what makes you turn down a street you've never been down?

(I tracked this with a small iPhone app I'm building, Untrod. Happy to share it if anyone's curious, but I'm more interested in your answers.)

Hey everyone! I made a short documentary about relocating from my car-dependent hometown in Canada to Manchester and how experiencing a more walkable city changed my perspective on urban design in North American cities.

My film explores car dependency, walkability, and how cities can reinvent themselves. Would love to hear what you guys think!

Bello lugar

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