Introduction
Liveability
Walkability
New Urbanism
Planning strategies
Community Features
Conclusion

 

Cantor, George, "New Urbanism Projects Revive the Past"

http://detnews.com/EDITPAGE/SAT1028/CANTOR.html
 
 

Disney is building a town called celebration in central Florida. This new concept of town planning received a lot of feed back from the critics but the public seems to love what architectural establishment hates.

This New Urbanism based on the renewal of the community and the celebration of old small town where housing, recreational areas and commercial buildings were mixed.

The same kind of small towns that people were fleeing away from 50 years ago, are becoming more and more appealing today with the rise of new technologies and the revolution in communications.
 
 

 Calthorpe, Peter. The Next American Metropolis: ecology, community, and the American dream.

New York: Princeton Architectural Press. 1993.
 
 

Peter Calthorpe believes that we must look at the whole ‘Metropolis’, the city, the suburbs, and the natural environment together. Calthorpe is pro-New Urbanism and feels that we need communities to focus on diversity, interdependence, scale and decentralization. The Next Metropolis is Calthorpe’s workbook on how he sees new developments and changing areas. He illustrates his thoughts on city planning taking into consideration all aspects of a city, such as private buildings, public buildings and traffic. Cassidy, Robert, 1946. Livable Cities: a grass-roots guide to rebuilding urban America.

1st ed. 1980.
 
 

Robert Cassidy focuses on success stories of New Urbanism/Urban Renewal. Examples and case studies focus on neighborhoods ‘taken back’ by their residents; Cassidy calls the residents ‘Urban Pioneers’. The book gives a brief background of the monetary and social issues, which led to the decay of cities and their neighborhoods. The remainder of the book is a guide for saving/improving a neighborhood. Clapson, Mark. Invincible Green Suburbs: brave new towns.

Manchester: Manchester University Press. 1998.
 
 

Although written about England, Mark Clapson’s ideas about the suburbs have universal relevance. This book is in support of the suburbs, and helps to counteract negative views of them. Clapson sites the origin of negative views of the suburbs from television, books, and music. He feels that, at least for the British, moving to the suburbs was just a continuation of a popular pre-war trend. Cooper, Maxine A., "Planning as Though People Mattered,"

http://home.vicnet.net.au/~aius/Mcooper.html
 
 

Adoption of a more sophisticated strategic planning and Consultative techniques
 
 

The concept of liveability is very broad and takes into account all aspects of planning and the environment‚physical, visual, cultural, etc.‚which contribute to the creation of a safe, accessible and participatory environment for all people regardless of income, age, ethnic background, disability or gender.

Social planning is the relationship between the land use, development and the social service system and the effect that relationship has on community behavioral patterns as well as on their attitudes, beliefs and values.

Every aspect of planning and development has social implications and can affect the liveability of the environment. In other words planning must always consider people.
 
 

 Cozic, Charles P. America’s Cities: Opposing Viewpoints.

San Diego, CA.: Greenhaven Press, Inc. 1993.
 
 

This book presents opposing articles by a variety of authors. Topics include urban decline and the reasons for it. Daniel Lazare points out in his "Government is to Blame for Urban Decline" that governments further suburbanization by providing tax breaks for suburbs as well as highway developments. He says that cities are known for brewing new ideas which the government fears. Therefore, suburbs are made appealing through tax breaks, in order to lure people to reside in culturally homogenous communities. Malls provide the entertainment.

In an opposing article by Stephen Moore and Dean Stansel titled "Cities are to Blame for Their Own Decline," cities are blamed for their growth and decline. They say that the growing cities spend less and demand fewer taxes while shrinking cities spend more, tax more, and have a larger government. The main point of the article is that cities are to blame for their decline and not the government.
 
 

 Crane, Randall, "On Form Versus Function: Will the New Urbanism Reduce Traffic, or Increase It?,"

Journal of Planning Education and Research (Winter 1996): 117-126.
 
 

This article takes an in depth look at the proposals of New Urbanism regarding traffic control. It argues against the ideas of many prominent New Urbanist designers as unfounded and untrue. Traffic in neighborhood areas is studied and equations for traffic flow and trips taken are presented. Dunlop, Beth, "The New Urbanists: The Second Generation,"

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