GGR361H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Urban Sprawl, New Urbanism, Transit-Oriented Development
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Unplanned, unserviced or poorly serviced urban land. Urban expansion in land area at a rate faster than rate of population growth. Planning regime has attempted to protect cultural land. Post-suburban nightmare single family dethatched house, tons of freeways and pollution, social problems, neighbours not taking to eachoher, traffic. Originally termed (cid:862)neo-traditio(cid:374)al pla(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g(cid:863) (cid:894)ntd or tnd(cid:895) Did not like the term found themselves under attack who liked the idea of modern civilization. How can we rename their ideas came up with idea of new urbanism. Associated with andres duany and elizabeth plater-zyberk architects. Focus on design of neighbourhoods and architecture to solve problems of the modern city. Argued that modern planning too dependent upon codes (zoning) seeks new codes. They say it would take hundreds of years to change zoning bylaws. They advocate to municipalities to keep codes and develop a parallel second set of codes that are more flexible and either one can apply.
