Neighborhoods and Suburbs

Duany, Andrés M.; Plater-Zyberk, Elizabeth

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“…A number of theories have been offered to explain the trend towards decentralisation such as rising incomes, falling transport costs (Alonso, 1964;Mills, 1967;Muth, 1969;Brueckner, 1987;Anas et al, 1998), advancements in communication technologies (Mills, 1995;Anas et al, 1998), employment decentralisation (Cross, 1990), government policies associated with land-use controls and transport infrastructure (Duany et al, 2000) and quality of life differentials between urban and lower-density locations (Mieszkowski & Mills, 1993;Barcus, 2004).…”

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confidence: 98%

‘Sustainability versus Liveability’: An Exploration of Central City Housing Satisfaction

Howley

2010

International Journal of Housing Policy

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Issues surrounding central city residential housing have increased in prominence in recent times as a result of the onus on the planning systems of most Western countries to develop a more sustainable development pattern. Similarly to many British and US cities, Dublin in recent times has been successful in attracting large numbers of residents back into new residential developments within the central city. This paper raises questions relating to the long-term sustainability of these areas as residents ultimately express a preference to reside in lower-density locations. In examining what lies behind these residential preferences, this paper focuses on one aspect of individuals' mobility behaviour: namely housing satisfaction.Results from a logistic model of housing satisfaction indicate that both background variables such as age and ethnicity as well as various design elements of the dwelling unit emerge as significant predictors of overall housing satisfaction within these newly regenerated residential areas.

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‘Sustainability versus Liveability’: An Exploration of Central City Housing Satisfaction

Howley

2010

International Journal of Housing Policy

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“…The code reforms emphasize walkability and pedestrian access and they seek to promote MU areas that provide easy walking access to shopping, transport, entertainment, parks, and recreational areas and a number of amenities including street furniture, bike lanes, and crosswalks (Schilling & Mishkovsky, 2005; Schilling & Linton, 2005; Schilling & Mishkovsky, 2005; Form-Based Codes Institute, 2008; Sitkowski & Ohm, 2006; American Planning Association, 2006; Duany & Plater-Zyberk, 2008; Davidson & Dolnick, 2004). Specifically, form based codes focus on creating compact urban forms that allow for a diversity of land uses and construct their regulations based on locational intensity; while conventional zoning regulations contribute to sprawl by promoting single use areas with little variation in form or spatial relationships (Talen, 2013).…”

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More Active Living–Oriented County and Municipal Zoning Is Associated With Increased Adult Leisure Time Physical Activity—United States, 2011

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Environment and Behavior

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Although zoning is recognized for its role in facilitating healthy communities, no study has examined whether active living-oriented zoning codes are associated with adult leisure time physical activity (PA). This study sought to fill this gap and hypothesized that adult leisure time PA would be greater in communities with more progressive zoning code reforms and more active living-oriented zoning. Zoning codes for 1,617 county and municipal jurisdictions located in 30 states (covering ~40% of the U.S. population) were evaluated for code reform zoning and 11 active living markers. County-aggregated zoning measures were created for linking with five adult PA behaviors obtained from the 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System controlling for individual and county sociodemographics. Zoning elements most associated with adult PA included requirements for mixed use, active and passive recreation, bike parking/street furniture, and bike-pedestrian trails/paths. This study provides new insights as to the role that zoning can play in facilitating adult PA.

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“…Complexity entails greater connectivity, diversity, variety, and sustainability. Today, prominent urban design movements such as the new urbanism and smart growth openly embrace the notion of complexity (Duany, Plater-Zyberk & Co. 2001;Talen 2003;Sanders 2008; Congress for the New Urbanism 2015).…”

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“…Urban designers often discuss urban form and design projects in terms of complexity (e.g., Duany, Plater-Zyberk & Co. 2001;Macdonald 2002;Talen 2003;Sanders 2008; Congress for the New Urbanism 2015). These discussions frequently borrow from the salient concepts of complex systems, but they often do so loosely or metaphorically, making it difficult to assess claims and project outcomes (Chettiparamb 2006).…”

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Measuring the Complexity of Urban Form and Design

Boeing

2017

SSRN Journal

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Complex systems have become a popular lens for conceptualizing cities, and complexity has substantial implications for urban performance and resilience. This paper develops a typology of methods and measures for assessing the complexity of the built form at the scale of urban design. It extends quantitative methods from urban planning, network science, ecosystems studies, fractal geometry, and information theory to the physical urban form and the analysis of qualitative human experience. Metrics at multiple scales are scattered throughout these bodies of literature and have useful applications in analyzing the complexity that both evolves and results from local planning and design processes. The typology developed here applies to empirical research of multiple neighborhood types and design standards and it includes temporal, visual, spatial, fractal, and network-analytic measures of the urban form.

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Neighborhoods and Suburbs

Cited by 32 publications

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‘Sustainability versus Liveability’: An Exploration of Central City Housing Satisfaction

‘Sustainability versus Liveability’: An Exploration of Central City Housing Satisfaction

More Active Living–Oriented County and Municipal Zoning Is Associated With Increased Adult Leisure Time Physical Activity—United States, 2011

Measuring the Complexity of Urban Form and Design

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