Concepts for Alternative Suburban Planning in the Northern Phoenix Area

Steiner, Frederick; McSherry, Laurel; Brennan, Dean; Soden, Mark; Yarchin, Joe; Green, Douglas; McCarthy, J. Michael; Spellman, Catherine; Jennings, John B.; Barré, Kirsten

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“…Settling this question would require determining the extent to which groups of residents and business owners in various regions are positively or negatively affected by the sprawl characteristics listed above, properly quantified. decreased aesthetic appeal of landscape (Burchell et al, 1998), loss of farmland, reduced diversity of species, increased runoff of stormwater, increased risk of flooding (Adelmann, 1998;PTCEC, 1999), excessive removal of native vegetation, monotonous (and regionally inappropriate) residential visual environment, absence of mountain views, presence of ecologically wasteful golf courses (Steiner et al, 1999), ecosystem fragmentation (Margules and Meyers, 1992). These impacts can be divided into those that pose immediate human risk as opposed to those for which the associated human risk will not be fully known for years.…”

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Environmental Impacts of Urban Sprawl: A Survey of the Literature and Proposed Research Agenda

2001

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IntroductionThis paper is a review of current research and applications regarding the environmental impacts of urban sprawl. The motivation for this review is, first, the increased popular attention given to undesirable aspects of urban development, primarily in suburban areas, referred to as`sprawl'. Recently, voters in many areas have attempted to pass measures to limit the rate of development in suburban areas and to preserve green space (USHUD, 1999). Reports by nonprofit organizations such as The Sierra Club (1999) have highlighted negative impacts of sprawl such as increased traffic congestion and air pollution. Popular research by authors such as Orfield (1997) has drawn attention to the negative political and fiscal impacts of suburban sprawl, not just in the areas that are experiencing sprawl but also in the inner cities and inner-ring suburbs that are losing population to farther-out suburban areas. The second motivation for this review is the increased quantity and quality of academic research that has attempted to quantify sprawl and to assess impacts of alternative development paths. Although researchers have done valuable work in designing tools to visualize alternative development paths and to design models that incorporate current knowledge of urban growth dynamics and environmental change, more work needs to be done to unite disparate research areas related to sprawl.There is no common agreement either on the defining characteristics and impacts of urban sprawl or on the ultimate desirability or undesirability of urban sprawl. Thus, the scope of this paper will be limited to specific environmental impacts, desirable or not, of development strategies or to outcomes that may be classified as`sprawl', as distinguished from normal urban, suburban, and exurban development. In addition, the scholarly literature used to frame the discussion of sprawl will focus on the fields of land-use planning, transportation planning, urban planning, economics, landscape architecture, geography, and other related areas.My goal is to define urban sprawl and, specifically, the environmental impacts of sprawl in a consistent way and to identify and classify models and decisionmaking methodologies associated with the environmental impacts of sprawl through a survey of the academic and practitioner literature. I will also identify areas associated with

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Environmental Impacts of Urban Sprawl: A Survey of the Literature and Proposed Research Agenda

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“…Prior to the Great Recession of 2008–2010, much attention was paid to creating ecologically sound suburbs on greenfield sites (Steiner et al 1999 ; Steinitz et al 1996 ; Weller 2008 ). For example, Steiner et al evaluated a greenfield suburban area north of Phoenix and called for starting with an ecological inventory and analysis of land forms, climate, rainfall and water sources, wildlife, and vegetation.…”

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“…Much has been written about American suburbs (Daniels 1999 ; Duany et al 2000 ; Dunham-Jones and Williamson 2009; Fishman 1987 ; Jackson 1985 : Orfield 1997 ; Rome 2001 ; Steiner et al 1999 ; Weller 2008 ; Williamson and Dunham-Jones 2020 ). Suburbs vary in size, location, population, and development patterns.…”

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Re-designing America’s suburbs for the age of climate change and pandemics

Daniels

2021

Socio Ecol Pract Res

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The USA is the leading emitter of greenhouse gases among the developed countries, in part because it is the only developed country with more of its population in suburbs than in cities. Cities produce less greenhouse gas emissions per capita than suburbs. Meanwhile, the US and the world have been wrestling with the public health emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic. But as US cities recover from the pandemic, they are unlikely to add more population than their suburbs because of changes in favor of working from home, online shopping, and the search for more affordable housing and green space, as well as concerns about population density and contagious diseases. So, the challenge is how to design and redevelop suburbs to make them more environmentally, socially, and economically sustainable to address both climate change and the threat of future pandemics. A sustainable suburb scenario offers an alternative to the sprawling development, separation of land uses and income classes, and automobile dependence that characterizes the typical American suburban landscape. This essay reviews the literature on re-designing suburbs and describes and evaluates both a business-as-usual suburb scenario and a sustainable suburb scenario. Though challenges exist, sustainable suburbs will be needed in order to reduce US greenhouse gas emissions, to achieve greater resilience in adapting to the effects of climate change, and to guard against future pandemics while providing economic opportunities and greater equity over the long run.

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“…Frequently, the urban design response to nature conservation is to view biodiversity along with other factors, such as flood risk, as a development constraint, rather than a value to be optimized into the future. Tools such as planning charrettes (Steiner et al, 1999) are often used to incorporate a range of stakeholder views, but the public transparency and democracy of such approaches can be lacking (Margerum, 2005).…”

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Transparent planning for biodiversity and development in the urban fringe

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Landscape and Urban Planning

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h i g h l i g h t sWe propose a method for embedding biodiversity planning in green-field development. We synthesize ecological and socio-economic data using spatial prioritization tools. Trade-offs between biodiversity and other development objectives are quantified. The analysis is conducted dynamically with visually compelling output. The method results in more transparent, efficient and democratic planning solutions. a b s t r a c tIn Australia, over 50% of threatened species occur within the urban fringe and accelerating urbanization is now a key threat. Biodiversity near and within urban areas brings much social benefit but its maintenance involves complex trade-offs between competing land uses. Urban design typically views biodiversity as a development constraint, not a value to be enhanced into the future. We argue that decisions could be more transparent and systematic and we demonstrate that efficient development solutions can be found that avoid areas important for biodiversity. We present a case study in the context of land use change across the city of Wyndham, a local Government west of Melbourne, Australia. We use reserve design tools in a novel way to identify priority development sites, based on a synthesis of ecological, social and economic data. Trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and other key development objectives and constraints (transport planning, flood risk and food production) are quantified. The analysis can be conducted dynamically with visually compelling output, facilitating more transparent, efficient and democratically derived urban planning solutions. We suggest that government agencies could adopt similar approaches to identify efficient planning solutions for both biodiversity and development in urban environments.

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Concepts for Alternative Suburban Planning in the Northern Phoenix Area

Cited by 10 publications

References 4 publications

Environmental Impacts of Urban Sprawl: A Survey of the Literature and Proposed Research Agenda

Environmental Impacts of Urban Sprawl: A Survey of the Literature and Proposed Research Agenda

Re-designing America’s suburbs for the age of climate change and pandemics

Transparent planning for biodiversity and development in the urban fringe

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