The Neighbourhood Unit Concept and the Shaping of Land Planning in the United States 1912–1968

Brody, Jason

doi:10.1080/13574809.2013.800453

Cited by 27 publications

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“…In contrast, the primary legal mechanism for development based on the neighborhood unit in the United States was the 1934 National Housing Act (Brody 2013), which created the FHA with a mandate to provide mortgage and construction insurance for the private home building industry. Acting as an insurer, the FHA applied principles of the neighborhood unit in its underwriting standards.…”

Section: Transatlantic Exchangementioning

confidence: 97%

How ideas work: memes and institutional material in the first 100 years of the neighborhood unit

Brody

2015

Journal of Urbanism: International Research on Placemaking and

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Section: Transatlantic Exchangementioning

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How ideas work: memes and institutional material in the first 100 years of the neighborhood unit

Brody

2015

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“…The correlation between land use and mobility within a two‐dimensional zone is reminiscent of early static location models linking concentric bands of productivity to proximity of transport, with explicit or implied gradients of density and urbanity spiralling out from a dense urban core to expansive rural areas, omitting rural‐urban hybridity and predicated on universal mathematical reasoning characterized by a disregard for local specificity (Barnes, ). Indeed, TOD is often proposed on the same generic terms of ‘boilerplate’ urbanism seen in older spatial templates such as the Radburn plan and the ‘neighbourhood unit’ (Banerjee and Baer, ; Girling, ; Newman and Kenworthy, ; Brody, ), a hierarchy of roads based on level‐of‐service norms (Meyer and Miller, ; Milam et al, ), and Euclidean zoning for what are presumed to be undifferentiated ‘greenfield’ sites (van der Ryn and Cowan, ). Articulated as it is in generic and reproducible terms, the TOD circle has been widely applied through policy, making it an exemplar of the mobility of planning strategies (Allen et al, ; Harris and Moore, ; Healey, ; Baker and Temenos, ; Ward, ).…”

Section: Tod and The Ubiquitous 10‐minute Circlementioning

confidence: 99%

Beyond Circular Thinking: Geographies of Transit‐Oriented Development

Qviström¹,

Luka²,

Block³

2019

Int J Urban Regional Res

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Transit-oriented development (TOD) plays a significant role within contemporary planning policies for 'smart growth' and sustainable development, particularly in Europe and North America. As a well-rehearsed practice, this planning model is due for critical assessment and improvement in terms of its ability to incorporate dynamic and heterogeneous socio-spatial processes as matters of concern. Analyses of the conditions for 'making TOD work' in the scholarly and professional literatures tend to focus on the 'node' and 'place' qualities. While elaborations on node analysis (primarily based on accessibility measurements) abound within empirical research, discussions of place-specific assets are limited in scope and often spatially bounded by the circle defined by a 10-minute walk. This essay examines the use of this generic 'circle' model, and how it normatively frames how place is understood in TOD studies. We argue that the circle enhances a Euclidean understanding of the site, which favours a static and homogeneous spatial analysis of accessibility and density rather than (other) place qualities relating to dynamic sociospatial processes. Finally, we argue that relational geography can facilitate an analysis of place qualities beyond the circle--one in which both the continuities and shifting settings of the wider context are meaningfully taken into consideration.

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“…These elements are applicable for neighbourhoods in emerging cities as they aim at adapting population growth in urban centres. It also took into account the level of accessibility of residents from their houses to schools and community centres (Rohe 2009;Brody 2013). According to Patricios (2002), Perry has stated that the 'neighbourhood unit is described as a scheme of arrangement for the family life community', where it offers residents a convenient access to the neighbourhood facilities such as schools, parks, shops, and public facilities.…”

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Investigating land use dynamics in emerging cities: the case of downtown neighbourhood in Doha

Ibrahim

Salama

Wiedmann

et al. 2019

Journal of Urban Design

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The study of land use dynamics in emerging cities will inform sustainable development in the future. Doha has witnessed urban transition phases. The study objectives are: (1) conduct a review of neighbourhood planning theories and (2) develop a prototype for downtown land use dynamics in emerging cities. The developed prototype considers physical and socioeconomics aspects. The research tools are: content analysis of real-estate reports, observation study, and preferences survey. Fereej Abdulaziz has been selected as an example. The study emphasizes the importance of policymakers in analysing the changes of neighbourhood, with an overarching aim of guiding future growth.

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The Neighbourhood Unit Concept and the Shaping of Land Planning in the United States 1912–1968

Cited by 27 publications

References 24 publications

How ideas work: memes and institutional material in the first 100 years of the neighborhood unit

How ideas work: memes and institutional material in the first 100 years of the neighborhood unit

Beyond Circular Thinking: Geographies of Transit‐Oriented Development

Investigating land use dynamics in emerging cities: the case of downtown neighbourhood in Doha

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