New Urbanism
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Related or component topics:
Traditional Neighborhood Design (TND), Form Based Zoning (FBZ), Transect, Smart Code, Smart Growth, Transit Oriented Development (TOD)
A few of the people involved with New Urbanism development:
Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk are the founders. Others are Peter Calthorpe, Dan Solomon, Peter Katz, Alex Kreiger, John Norquist (former mayor of Milwaukee), James Kunstler, Stefanos Polyzoides and Elizabeth Moule.
Web Sites for more information:
www.dpz.com
: Andres Duany and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk's excellent web site
www.cnu.org : Congress for the New Urbanism go to "About New Urbanism" then to "tour" there is a very good power-point tour,
www.formbasedcodes.org : Definition of Form Based Codes, evaluating FBC, advantages etc.
www.tndhomes.com
: Information on Traditional Neighborhood Design
Here are some very good slide shows on New Urbanism projects.
In Google click on "Images" then enter "New Urbanism" to find many slides and videos.
Books
The basic book:
Suburban Nation by Andres Duany, Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk and Jeff Speck, 2000
Two very good books on the state of cities today:
The Geography of Nowhere by James Howard-Kunstler, 1993
The Wealth of Cities by John O. Norquist, 1998
A ton of other books on New Urbanism and Form Based Zoning(Planning), if interested go to the web sites for a list of books.
