Plan 006E2 Sustainable Cities 2002 Professor Burby

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Plan 006E(2) Sustainable Cities 2002 Professor
Burby

• Our Images of Sustainability

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Photographers

• Chad M. Ames
• Jose L. Boyer
• Claire F. Bramble
• Richard J. Carlucci
• Andrew W. Chao
• Jessica L. Clark
• Christopher D. Coletta
• Emma L. Ducey
• Lawrence L. Gellerstedt
• Peter Y. Gevalt, Jr.

• J. Taylor Kelly
• Andrew M. Lada
• Brian R. MacPherson
• Meghan F. McClure
• Steven R. Pattishall
• Mariam R. Qureshi
• Andrew T. Wales
• Kimerly A. Whitaker
• Monica D. Yungeberg

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Contents

• We think some things are not sustainable.
• Urban sprawl
• Auto-dominated communities
• Strip corridors and excessive parking
• Energy-inefficient vehicles
• Bicycle and pedestrian unfriendly streets
• Traffic congestion
• Pollution-generating land uses
• Development in hazardous areas
• Deteriorating neighborhoods
• Poorly maintained public facilities

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Contents

• And some things are.
• Reuse, preservation and protection of existing,
  historic buildings
• Building compact new development with higher
  densities and mixed land uses
• Vital and affordable neighborhoods
• Thriving downtowns
• Alternative modes of transportation
• Pedestrian friendly walkways
• Preservation and enhancement of trees and open
  spaces

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Will We Be Submerged by Unsustainable
Development?
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Taylor Kelly

• Urban Sprawl
• Sprawl creates auto dependency in places such as
  Tysons Corner, Virginia shown here.

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Taylor Kelly

• New development in sprawling locations generates
  additional traffic to overloaded roads.

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Meghan McClure

• Strip Centers
• The Ruin of Urban America
• Wasted space
• Isolated
• Auto-oriented
• Commercial uses only

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Mariam Qureshi

• Strip centers and mega-stores in Eden also
  threaten sustainability.
• Do they signal the end of home-grown mom and pop
  stores?

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Mariam Qureshi

• Abandoned strip centers contribute to
  neighborhood decline.

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Monica Yungeberg
The vast expanses of parking lots near strip
centers are another sign of our increased
auto-dependency.
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Emma Ducey

• Highway 64 is the busiest road in Asheboro and a
  classic strip center corridor.
• With new restaurants and stores, it continues to
  grow every year.

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Emma Ducey

• In Asheboro, this Wal-Mart closed due to the
  opening of a new super Wal-Mart nearby.
• A neighboring Harris Teeter soon closed due to
  lack of customers.
• This entire shopping center is struggling.

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Andrew Chao

• This small grocery store in Chapel Hill is
  located off of a highway and isolated from
  residential areas.
• It is accessible only by automobile.

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Andrew Chao

• SUVs are part of the problem too
• Low fuel efficiency.
• High resource consumption to produce.
• Increased air pollution.
• Hazardous to other cars and pedestrians.

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Brian MacPherson

• Unsafe street crossings
• Create dangers for both drivers and pedestrians.

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Claire Bramble

• For bicycling, the motorized world can be very
  dangerous. biker, the pedestrian and motorized
  vehicle
• filled world can be very dangerous.

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Claire Bramble

• And watch out for holes!

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Taylor Kelly

• Traffic Congestion
• Over-development and urban sprawl contribute to
  auto-dependency and traffic congestion.

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Kimerly Whitaker

• Traffic congestion is in progress.
• Congestion slows down the flow of traffic and
  delays travel time.
• Congestion can occur anytime of day and causes
  some drivers to become frustrated.

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Kimerly Whitaker

• Highway construction induces additional traffic
  which also leads to congestion.

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Kimerly Whitaker

• Highway construction also creates traffic hazards
  such as this area near High Point.

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Jose Boyer

• Pollution-creating Land Uses
• Even golf courses can be unsustainable because
  they create fertilizer runoff into streams and
  ponds.
• The use of such large areas also takes up urban
  space and can promote sprawl.

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Jose Boyer

• Development in Hazardous Areas
• Eastgate Shopping Center in Chapel Hill is built
  on a floodplain. It floods after moderate rain
  and is an example of unsustainable development.

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Lawrence Gellerstedt

• Deteriorating neighborhoods
• Public housing in Atlanta is placed in the worst
  possible locations.
• Surrounding businesses and homes are in
  dilapidated condition.

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Andrew Lada

• Loss of neighborhood recreational facilities
  detracts from a communitys sustainability.
• Pollution of recreational areas hurts the
  environment as well.

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Can We Find the Way to a Sustainable Future?
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Steven Pattishall

• Reusing the Old
• Old textile mill converted into a thriving mall.
• Combines retail and office space.
• Located in downtown Carrboro.
• Adds to historic atmosphere.

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Steven Pattishall

• Old mill houses converted into small stores.
• Within easy walking distance of Carrboro
  residential neighborhoods.

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Steven Pattishall

• Useful Civic Areas
• Extensive multi-use park near large residential
  area.
• Efficient use of otherwise low-valued land.

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Mariam Qureshi

• Compact Development

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Jessica Clark

• Sustainable cities have mixed land uses
• They blend commercial residential uses.
• They provide well-planned accessibility.
• And serve a mixed income population.

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Andrew Wales

• High Density
• Sustainable cities use high density to save land.
• Here we have the 10th floor of Morrison and its
  relation to Chase.

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Andrew Wales

• Stretched horizontally, Morrison would take up
  much more room, coming this far down the street
  from where it sits in the far background.

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Richard Carlucci

• Building upward was a secret once known only to
  hospitals, corporations and government.

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Richard Carlucci

• Now it helps eliminate the vast, desert-like
  parking lots seen earlier.

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Richard Carlucci

• . . . and also houses thousands of people in a
  small area.

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Peter Gevalt
Sustainable communities provide attractive
neighborhoods
Meadowmont
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Peter Gevalt
This secluded, secure community cropped up in the
small town of Chapel Hill, NC. The architecture
is not typical of the town, and it is marketed to
an entirely different group of residents,
offering a completely self-sufficient,
sustainable neighborhood.
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Peter Gevalt
-Higher-income model with medium
densities. -Luxurious architecture. -Removed
twofold from the main road.
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Peter Gevalt
-Houses are set up around open grassy
lawns. -Small yards accompany each
individual home.
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Lawrence Gellerstedt

• Affordable housing
• The building of correctly managed HOPE VI
  projects can help.

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Lawrence Gellerstedt

• Affordable services must also be available.
• Schools must be redesigned to incorporate the new
  plan.

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Lawrence Gellerstedt

• Repercussions
• Market housing will come up around the area.
• New development in the area will create a new,
  sustainable environment for tenants.

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Meghan McClure

• Downtowns
• Sustainable cities have thriving downtowns such
  as in Chapel Hill.
• Walkable
• Mixed-use area
• Diverse
• Social

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Meghan McClure

• Sustainable downtowns are diverse
• Active downtown
• Signs to publicize various events
• Information is passed through flyers/word of mouth

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Meghan McClure

• Sustainable downtowns promote alternative
  transportation
• Bicycles
• Walking
• They limit cars
• And parking spaces

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Claire Bramble

• Alternatives to the Car
• Sustainable communities have ample bike paths in
  the woods and along the side of roads such as
  these in Chapel Hill.

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Chris Coletta

• Crosswalks
• Crosswalks also play a necessary role where there
  are large amounts of both vehicular and
  pedestrian traffic. They are Chapel Hills most
  unexpected social centers.

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Chris Coletta

• This crosswalk, which
• connects North
• Campus with The
• Dirty South, is one of
• the most traveled on
• campus, used even at
• odd times of the day.

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Chad Ames

• Trees/Open Space
• Sustainable cities have ample trees and open
  spaces.

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Chad Ames

• Trees
• block
• noise and
• increase
• privacy.

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Chad Ames

• Trees
• conceal
• eyesores!

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Chad Ames

• Finally,
• trees
• provide
• peaceful
• aesthetic
• values.

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In Summary

• While many aspects of our cities are not
  sustainable, we DO KNOW how to build more
  lasting, livable communities.
• To get there, we need to convince Americas
  citizens and business communities of the merits
  of sustainability.

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Acknowledgments

• This photo essay was made possible by a grant
  from the Johnston Center for Undergraduate
  Excellence.