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regulation, space and form, user perspectives and levels of accessibility. It goes on to apply this to the design decision-making process, and makes recommendations on how the process and the decision-making tools can be applied in practice. Printworks, Manchester

Section 6 VivaCity2020: artists-in-residence Chapter 13 The role of art practice within VivaCity2020 Chapter 14 Present in public space This section presents the reflections and illustrates the work of two artists-in-residence who worked with the VivaCity2020 project to provide an alternative insight into the issues of sustainability and the experience of city users and residents. Their images are presented alongside the chapter narratives, providing a cultural and creative perspective to our understanding of being in a city. Conclusion Chapter 15 The ongoing sustainable city endeavour The book's conclusion discusses sustainable urban environments. It considers how achievable the objective of sustainability is, where and how tradeoffs are to be made, and how knowledge must be codified into domains – such as policy and

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