Quality of life in the city, creation of spaces based on urban planning standards. City game on WUF 11

According to the findings of the latest sixth report by The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) of the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change, cities contribute to climate change, generating around 70% of global CO2e emissions, consuming an estimated 60-80% of energy. For the same reason, cities are where the climate fight can be most effective. The ambitious target for European cities is a 55% reduction in emissions by 2030 and total climate neutrality by 2050. With the changing needs of cities in terms of carbon emission, it is necessary to change the forms of movement around the city and to provide residents with a variety of alternative forms of travel - walking, cycling or public transport. It is also important to ensure accessibility to essential urban services. In term of spatial planning, this indicates returning to the district scale, with urban development in the context of enhancing quality of life based largely on pedestrian accessibility to essential services. Such development can be based on urban standardization for providing districts with functions and public spaces. Standardization is a method of defining indicators for the number of functions in urban areas, as well as the accessibility parameters of these facilities, ensuring the convenience of living in a city. Urban standards were tested at World Urban Forum 11, in a session entitled: Quality of life in the city, creation of spaces based on urban planning standards. An analysis of the available urban planning standards - including indicators of quantity, quality, accessibility and quality of access to functions supplementing the urban residential environment - was carried out before the Forum. Documents on the creation of high-quality districts with all amenities were analyzed. The analyses included standards and methodologies in particular of Polish, British and German origin and a compilation of key urban standards was created. The aim of the workshop was to introduce participants to the subject of urban standards and to test the application of standards in urban planning. The international format of the event stimulated a lively discussion on the validity of the use of urban design standards in urban planning and their specific values in different urban contexts.