Glossary
Attributes
The raw qualities, or building blocks, of urban amenity. Attributes are the tangible things that people like about their urban environment, like street design or open space.
Built environment
An environment with a high ratio of buildings to open space, and a range of uses for those buildings.
Case study
A study of methods already used by councils to define, manage, and monitor urban amenity.
Defining urban amenity
Finding out what urban amenity means to the community living in the urban environment.
Indicator
A goal, a target, or a benchmark used to measure changes in the urban environment.
Liveable
Good to live in.
Managing urban amenity
Using the right methods within and outside council to maintain and improve the urban environment.
Monitoring urban amenity
Using indicators to measure changes in the urban environment, and using the information to assess how well you’re managing urban amenity.
Project trial
A ‘real life’ trial run by a council to test the methods developed by the Urban Amenity Project.
Qualities
Words that prompt people to describe what they do and don’t like about their urban environment.
Urban environment
A street, suburb, or city with more than a thousand people.
Urban amenity
Things that make an urban environment a good place to live, work, and play.
Values
People’s perceptions of their urban environment, like ‘noisy’ or ‘diverse’.
