PLAN103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Smart Growth, Transect, New Urbanism
23 Mar 2016
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Perverse cities chapter 2 sprawl, a planning problem tuesday january 15, 2013. High costs to economy, physical health, environment, government. Aesthetically unpleasing and without a sense of community. Planning regulations stemming from post world war 2 suburban development and subsidies, investment that continue to today. Subsidies contributes to sprawl through grants for infrastructure and personal home ownership tax breaks: all allow for cheaper housing and drives market to suburbanize more areas. Subsidies along with utility rate structures, government regulation contribute to sprawl: zoning regulations have driven sprawl because they encourage single-use development, setbacks, all mandate lower densities, encourage sprawl. Growth in the size of infrastructure roads, schoolyards, environmental protection have lead to more land being needed, lowering overall densities. More integrated regional government is necessary to create and enforce stringent development restrictions, not allowing developers to leapfrog into less regulated districts. Design of transport networks, parks, open space, location of sewer system, if well designed does not encourage sprawl,
