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Encouraging people to engage with their environment enables them to develop a relationship and mental ownership of the place, opening up the process of participation based on mutual trust. A successful, socially sustainable transformation integrates all urban actors – from city makers to city users.
The vision for Dnieper River Park starts by opening a dialogue between the city, private sector and the inhabitants of Kiev through involving all in a festival of giving, receiving and planting flowers. This participative gesture becomes a symbolic promise of the future physical transformation.



Described through narratives of people living and visiting Vauxhall, the public realm strategy overlaps the physical layer of the city with social and digital networks.




Historically, river Irwell has divided existing neighbourhoods, both physically and psychologically. Transforming people’s perception of the river from a forgotten place into a destination and centre of community life has been the driving force behind the strategic vision for Irwell River Park – the longest linear park in Europe.