Sustainable Urbanism III

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Physical diversity

When you have more than just the cookie cutter look of buildings
planned communities
- when developers use greenfields to create a new community
- vision of ideal cities and how it should turn out
- built from scratch
population density

How many people are in a certain amount of space

measured in area
Principles of New Urbanism
- Diversity
- Connectivity
- Equity
- Public
- Density
Public Space
- Encourages social interaction
- Not Privately owned
- William Whyte in the 70s studied NYC parks and found that sit-able spaces are really important when considering space
- -people liked being able to move their chairs around
Regional Planning Association of America

JUST REMEMBER THIS ASSOCIATION FOR THE EXAM
Regionalism
- Low Intensity Low Order
- Focus on natural state with minimal control
Roadways (as related to sprawl)
- add on to a more autocentric society
- usually not friendly to pedestrians
Robert Moses
- the Master Planner of New York City
- example of urban plan making
Rural-to-Urban Transect
- a new way of zoning with more mixed use zones
- measures building density vs the natural environment
- allows for an area to evolve gracefully
Shopping plazas and Strip Malls
- tracts of land solely dedicated to shopping
- surrounded by massive parking lots that aren't always used
Social Diversity

When you have a mix of demographics
Sprawl

When cities continue to grow outwards instead of inwards and upwards
Theoretical Antecedents of New Urbanism
- Incrementalism Plan-Making
- Regionalism Planned Communities
Tract Housing

Uniform housing ususally found in most subdivisions

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Sustainable Urbanism III

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2012-09-30T18:18:28Z

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