Seven rules for sustainable communities : design strategies for the post-carbon world

By:

Condon, Patrick

Publication details: Washington Island Press 2010Description: xii,200pISBN:

9781597266659

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

307 CON

Contents:

CONTENTS : Foreword xi 1 Introduction 1 How Did Cities Get This Sick? 2 Separation by Class and Income 5 The Problem Emerges 6 Reasons for Hope 11 Seven Rules for Sustainable, Low-carbon Communities 14 2 Restore the Streetcar City 17 A Day in the Life 18 The Streetcar City as a Unifying Principle 20 Urban Form and the Pattern of Walking and Riding 22 Forty Percent Still Live There 24 Continuous Linear Corridors, Not Stand-alone Nodes 25 Buses, Streetcars, Light Rail Transit, and Subways 31 Streetcar as an Urban Investment 33 Cars, Buses, Streetcar, or Heavy Rail? Case Study of the Broadway Corridor in Vancouver 34 What Is the Optimal Transit System? 35 3 Design an Interconnected Street System 39 Challenges of the Dendritic Street System 41 Four Types of Interconnected Street Systems 45 Block Size 48 Why Is the Interconnected System Better? 49 Parcel Size 50 Ideal Block and Parcel Size 52 Road Width 54 Fire Access 56 Queuing Streets 57 The Corner 59 Lanes and Alleys 60 Greenhouse Gas and Street Pattern 62 4 Locate Commercial Services, Frequent Transit, and Schools within a Five-minute Walk 67 Sense of Place in Corridors 70 Transit, Density, and the Five-minute Walk 71 Designing for the Bus or Streetcar 72 The Walk to School 75 5 Locate Good Jobs Close to Affordable Homes 79 The Historic Relationship between Work and Home 81 Solutions 84 Metropolitan and Community Scale 86 6 Provide a Diversity of Housing Types 95 The Influence of Building Type on GHG Production 97 The Sustainable Single-family Home 101 Build and Adapt Neighborhoods for all Ages and Incomes 102 Buildings with a Friendly Face to the Street 107 7 Create a Linked System of Natural Areas and Parks 111 Fredrick Law Olmsted and Linked Natural Areas and Parks 112 Ian McHarg and the Greenway Revival 114 More Recent Progress 117 Progress on the Ground 118 Case Study at the Regional Scale: The Damascus Design Workshop 119 Case Study at the Neighborhood Scale: Sustainable Fairview and the Pringle Creek Community, Salem, Oregon 125 8 Invest in Lighter, Greener, Cheaper, Smarter Infrastructure 129 Watershed Function 131 Four Rules for Infiltration 141 Green Infrastructure for Parcels 145 Pervious or Impervious 150 Impervious Paved Infiltration Streets 155 Conclusion 161 Acknowledgments 165 References 167 Index 181

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CONTENTS :
Foreword xi
1 Introduction 1
How Did Cities Get This Sick? 2
Separation by Class and Income 5
The Problem Emerges 6
Reasons for Hope 11
Seven Rules for Sustainable, Low-carbon Communities 14
2 Restore the Streetcar City 17
A Day in the Life 18
The Streetcar City as a Unifying Principle 20
Urban Form and the Pattern of Walking and Riding 22
Forty Percent Still Live There 24
Continuous Linear Corridors, Not Stand-alone Nodes 25
Buses, Streetcars, Light Rail Transit, and Subways 31
Streetcar as an Urban Investment 33
Cars, Buses, Streetcar, or Heavy Rail? Case Study of the Broadway Corridor in Vancouver 34
What Is the Optimal Transit System? 35
3 Design an Interconnected Street System 39
Challenges of the Dendritic Street System 41
Four Types of Interconnected Street Systems 45
Block Size 48
Why Is the Interconnected System Better? 49
Parcel Size 50
Ideal Block and Parcel Size 52
Road Width 54
Fire Access 56
Queuing Streets 57
The Corner 59
Lanes and Alleys 60
Greenhouse Gas and Street Pattern 62
4 Locate Commercial Services, Frequent Transit, and Schools within a Five-minute Walk 67
Sense of Place in Corridors 70
Transit, Density, and the Five-minute Walk 71
Designing for the Bus or Streetcar 72
The Walk to School 75
5 Locate Good Jobs Close to Affordable Homes 79
The Historic Relationship between Work and Home 81 Solutions 84
Metropolitan and Community Scale 86
6 Provide a Diversity of Housing Types 95
The Influence of Building Type on GHG Production 97
The Sustainable Single-family Home 101
Build and Adapt Neighborhoods for all Ages and Incomes 102 Buildings with a Friendly Face to the Street 107
7 Create a Linked System of Natural Areas and Parks 111 Fredrick Law Olmsted and Linked Natural Areas and Parks 112
Ian McHarg and the Greenway Revival 114
More Recent Progress 117
Progress on the Ground 118
Case Study at the Regional Scale: The Damascus Design Workshop 119
Case Study at the Neighborhood Scale: Sustainable Fairview and the Pringle Creek Community, Salem, Oregon 125
8 Invest in Lighter, Greener, Cheaper, Smarter Infrastructure 129
Watershed Function 131
Four Rules for Infiltration 141
Green Infrastructure for Parcels 145
Pervious or Impervious 150
Impervious Paved Infiltration Streets 155
Conclusion 161
Acknowledgments 165
References 167
Index 181

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