Spatial scales
CABE works to deliver delightful, inclusive and sustainable places. Its focus is on place-making and on understanding the interaction and interdependence of elements of the built environment – linkages which are also critical to the development of effective policies and actions on climate change.
Strategies and actions to promote vibrant and resilient communities and address climate change address the same elements – energy, waste water, transport, green infrastructure, public space etc – and work across the same spatial scales.
Spatial planning provides us with new opportunities to respond simultaneously to challenging economic times and to climate change – building climate resilience can be consistent with the development of economic and social resilience - and with delivery of sustainable, high quality places.
Recognising these essential linkages, the website provides access by spatial scale - as well as by priority - so you can build the critical relationship between strategies and actions from the start:
- National scale - the whole of the UK
- Regional scale - a single region in the UK
- Sub-regional scale - associations within or across regions
- City scale - the city or town urban area
- Neighbourhood scale - from ward boundaries to city quarters
- Site scale - from particular plots to wards
- Building scale - individual structures
