Designing the compassionate city : creating places where people thrive Introduction Human needs Embedding and receiving the messages in the urban environment What makes a place nurturing or neglectful Living in the compassionate city Play quarters london Benches collective various locations in the Netherlands and overseas Tower hamlets cemetery park london De ceuvel Amsterdam Woonerven Netherlands and overseas Christie Walk Adelaide The secular pilgrimage and South Melbourne Commons Melbourne Stewartstown Road Centre Belfast UN habitat placemaking projects in West Bank villages palestine The obstacles and pitfalls to creating places where people thrive Designing the compassionate city Applying compassionate city principles Conclusions