PLAN100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Transit-Oriented Development, Peter Calthorpe, Lewis Mumford
1 Mar 2018
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Introduction: misnomer: brings cities back to what they used to be - influenced by jane jacobs, and. Description: traditional architecture: models borrowed from nearby towns or older neighbourhoods, homes built close to the street, new urbanism: borrow and reproduce styles of architecture, white picket fences, main retail street in original plan. New urbanism: behaviour of home owners is controlled by a contract that has regulations. Urban dispersion: concept pieced together in the post-war years, low density, rigid land-use specialization, accessibility potential. Issues with dispersion: environmental consequences, energy, quality of life (congestion) Persistence of dispersion: provides cheap floor space, distribution of costs, land-use transportation, vested interests, habits and values. Recentralization: different forms: reinforcing downtowns; nodes (suburban downtowns); tods; community centres, strategies combined with public transit expansion. Properties of successful centres: concentration - activities, multi-functionality - positive action between activities, pedestrian-based synergy - what makes the centre work? walking from activity to activity.
