Housing and Planning References
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Page : 656 pages
File Size : 14,12 MB
Release : 1972
Category : City planning
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Page : 656 pages
File Size : 14,12 MB
Release : 1972
Category : City planning
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Page : 1910 pages
File Size : 42,11 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Technology
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Page : 236 pages
File Size : 37,16 MB
Release : 1996
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Author : Randall G. Arendt
Publisher : Island Press
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 18,32 MB
Release : 2012-09-26
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 159726850X
In most communities, land use regulations are based on a limited model that allows for only one end result: the production of more and more suburbia, composed of endless subdivisions and shopping centers, that ultimately covers every bit of countryside with "improvements." Fortunately, sensible alternatives to this approach do exist, and methods of developing land while at the same time conserving natural areas are available. In Conservation Design for Subdivisions, Randall G. Arendt explores better ways of designing new residential developments than we have typically seen in our communities. He presents a practical handbook for residential developers, site designers, local officials, and landowners that explains how to implement new ideas about land-use planning and environmental protection. Abundantly illustrated with site plans (many of them in color), floor plans, photographs, and renditions of houses and landscapes, it describes a series of simple and straightforward techniques that allows for land-conserving development. The author proposes a step-by-step approach to conserving natural areas by rearranging density on each development parcel as it is being planned so that only half (or less) of the buildable land is turned into houselots and streets. Homes are built in a less land-consumptive manner that allows the balance of property to be permanently protected and added to an interconnected network of green spaces and green corridors. Included in the volume are model zoning and subdivision ordinance provisions that can help citizens and local officials implement these innovative design ideas.
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Page : 1330 pages
File Size : 23,86 MB
Release : 1971-06
Category : Technology
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Author : United States. Bureau of Public Roads
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Page : 76 pages
File Size : 12,14 MB
Release : 1952
Category : Automobiles
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Author : Pietro S. Nivola
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 40,57 MB
Release : 1999-04-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780815791591
For decades, concerns have been raised about the consequences of relentless suburban expansion in the United States. But so far, government programs to control urban sprawl have had little effect in slowing it down, much less stopping it. In this book, Pietro S. Nivola raises important questions about the continued suburbanization of America: Is suburban growth just the result of market forces, or have government policies helped induce greater sprawl? How much of the government intervention has been undesirable, and what has been beneficial? And, if suburban growth is to be controlled, what changes in public policies would be not only effective, but practical? Nivola addresses these questions by comparing sprawling U.S. metropolitan areas to compact development patterns in Europe. He contrasts the effects of traditional urban programs, as well as "accidental urban policies" that have a profound if commonly unrecognized impact on cities, including national tax systems, energy conservation efforts, agricultural supports, and protection from international commerce. Nivola also takes a hard look at the traditional solutions of U.S. urban policy agenda involving core-area reconstruction projects, mass transit investments, "smart" growth controls, and metropolitan organizational rearrangements, and details the reasons why they often don't work. He concludes by recommending reforms for key U.S. policies--from taxes to transportation to federal regulations--based on the successes and failures of the European experience. Brookings Metropolitan Series
Author : T. J. Kent
Publisher : Planners Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 35,46 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Political Science
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Page : 740 pages
File Size : 17,15 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Engineering
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Page : 1080 pages
File Size : 37,66 MB
Release : 1976
Category : Administrative law
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