Neotraditional planning: A new strategy for building neighborhoods?

Mixed-use development: Theory and practice in Amsterdam's Eastern Docklands

“…During the last decades, however, there has been a shift in town planning towards mixed land use and mixed-use development has become an important planning paradigm in various European and North American cities. In Europe mixed-use is commonly seen as part of an urban renaissance (Stead & Hoppenbrouwer, 2004) or the compact city concept (Breheny, 1992) and in the US as part of the so-called New Urbanism strategy (Bernick & Cervero, 1997;Furuseth, 1997;Gyourko & Rybczynski, 2000). It is seen as a significant instrument to create and maintain attractive, liveable and sustainable urban environments.…”

Changes in the traditional urban form and the social sustainability of contemporary cities: A case study of Iranian cities

“…Howard's idea is to design self-contained new towns surrounded by green belts, and Krier advocates the use of design and site planning as a means for restructuring social life (Furuseth, 1997). Raymond Unwin and his American friend John Nolen are prominent architects that spread the ideas of traditional town planning (Stephenson, 2002).…”

The archaeological study of neighborhoods and districts in ancient cities

“…In this sense, neighborhoods are ecological units nested in successively larger communities" (Sampson, 2003:973). A number of planners working within the ''new urbanism" perspective, on the other hand, take a more rigid approach and argue that there is a single best type and scale of urban neighborhood (e.g., Furuseth, 1997); see Talen (1999) on the neighborhood concept within new urbanist thought.…”