ABSTRACT
The essence of sustainable development is providing for people’s needs, now and in the future. This chapter takes the people of the neighbourhood as the starting point. It gives guidance on the way to approach questions of new housing provision and social mix. It looks at ways in which local community networks are undermined or promoted. It examines the way decisions about land use and location affect the access people have to local jobs, shops, schools and open spaces. And it introduces the planning of local movement and the public realm.
