New Urbanism

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New Urbanism

• How Cities are Re-making Themselves

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Urban Challenges (Sprawl)

• Suburbanization makes things farther apart
• Jobs
• Services
• Over-reliance on automobile
• Traffic congestion, pollution, increased commute
  times

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Urban Challenges

• People segregated by race, class and income
• Poverty persists
• Middle Class leaves the city
• Poor concentrated in the projects
• City living for poor is unattractive and
  dangerous
• Broken windows theory

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New Urbanism

• Early 1980s
• Movement within Architecture and Planning
• Based on principles of traditional neighborhood
  design

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Walkability

• People should be able to walk around
• Free from traffic danger
• Walk to shopping and entertainment establishments
• Most within a 10 minute walk

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Mixed Use

• Mixed areas with commercial and residential uses
• Apartments above shops
• Mixed-income housing units
• A variety of economic classes living together

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Neighborhood Structure

• Discernable edge and center
• Focus is on public space
• At center of neighborhood
• Increased density
• Highest at center

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Smart Transit

• Network connecting neighborhoods together
• Pedestrian-friendly design
• Bicycles
• Skateboards

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Sustainability

• Minimal environmental impact
• Energy efficient
• More local production