Living at Beaufort Park Commissioned by St George Plc
LIVING AT BEAUFORT PARK COMMISSIONED BY ST GEORGE PLC Proud to be a member of the Berkeley Group of companies Living at Beaufort Park Foreword This work has been commissioned to For St George, as part of the Berkeley Group, understand what life is like for residents ¸ZVJPHSZ\Z[HPUHIPSP[`PZHIV\[WLVWSL»ZX\HSP[`VM of Beaufort Park, a new development in life, now and in the future. It describes the extent Colindale, in the London Borough of Barnet. to which a neighbourhood supports individual The purpose of the research has been to and collective wellbeing. Social sustainability understand how new residents are settling combines design of the physical environment in the new community, and what can be with a focus on how the people who live in and done, by the developer St George, the local use a space relate to each other and function as authority, local voluntary organisations, a community. It is enhanced by development, and residents themselves, to support which provides the right infrastructure to support residents’ quality of life. a strong social and cultural life, opportunities for people to get involved, and scope for The project makes use of an innovative the place and the community to evolve.” 1 new framework that has been created to measure social sustainability in new housing The term social sustainability is not yet widely developments. The framework uses the used by housing developers or public agencies concept of social sustainability to bring in the UK, although it has been an object of together and measure a wide range of factors academic research for over a decade.
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