EUS 202 Lecture Notes - Automobile Dependency, Urban Growth Boundary, Smog
5 Sep 2013
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New urbanism: set of planning principles (planning paradigm) intended to combat sprawl neo-traditional town planning pedestrian pockets transit-oriented developments complete communities lasting communities: focus: suburban development, objective: retrofitting urban areas, urban villages (idea centered): less automobile dependence. Density ^^ to support rail transit: congress est. Cities & town: shaped by physically defined and universally accessible public spaces and community institutions. Urban places: framed by architecture & landscape design that celebrate local history/climate/ecology/building traditions. Some ignored ecological design principles (i. e. passive solar) Others ignored infrastructure considerations (i. e. use of greywater) Model old poor new urban design: celebration, florida: neo-traditional by: disney, mixed land use & connected street system, still determined by dominant transportation, mix of housing=^diversity & $ levels, no insurance of affordability over time. Smart growth: response to automobile dependence (1970s: planning paradigm similar to new urbanism, transportation planners, land-use planners, architects, goals: Land use, urban form less traffic, ^ access to destinations.
