In an interview with the business magazine brand eins, Jan Gehl is asked how one recognizes the quality of life in a city: “There is a very simple reference point. Look at how many children and elderly people are out and about on streets and squares. This is a pretty reliable indicator. A city is, by my definition, livable when it respects the human scale.”
– Jan Gehl on the question of how one recognizes the quality of life in a city, in Edition brand eins, “Urban Visions”, 2nd year, issue 3, January – March 2019
