The Smart Growth Manual : txt
Andres Duany, Jeff Speck with Mike Lydon.
- 1 v. (various pagings) : col. ill. ; col. maps ; 21 cm. book
Includes index
Introduction -- What is This Manual for? -- What is Smart Growth? -- The Region -- 1 The Regional Principles -- 1.1 Inevitable Growth -- 1.2 A Regional Plan -- 1.3 Community Involvement -- 1.4 The Transect -- 1.5 The Neighborhood -- 1.6 Growth Priorities -- 1.7 Affordable Housing -- 1.8 Distribution of LULUs -- 1.9 Food Security -- 1.10 Shared Wealth -- 1.11 Scale of Governance -- 1.12 Coordinating Policy -- 1.13 Legalizing Smart Growth -- 1.14 The Limits of Water -- 1.15 The Shrinking City -- 2 The Regional Plan -- 2.1 Map the Greenprint -- 2.2 Map the Rural Preserve -- 2.3 Map The Rural Reserve -- 2.4 Map Development Priorities -- 2.5 Map the Neighborhoods -- 2.6 Map the Districts -- 2.7 Map the Corridors and Regional Centers -- 2.8 Create a TDR Program -- 2.9 Incentivize Smart Growth -- 2.10 Adopt a Smart Growth Code -- 3 Regional Transportation -- 3.1 Transportation / Land-Use Connection -- 3.2 Multimodal Balance -- 3.3 Building a Transit Region -- 3.4 Transportation Choice -- 3.5 Transit That Works -- 3.6 The Railway System -- 3.7 Mobility and Accessibility -- 3.8 The Townless Highway -- 3.9 The Highwayless Town -- 3.10 Induced Traffic -- 3.11 Taming the Automobile -- 3.12 Bicycle Network -- 3.13 Congestion Pricing -- 3.14 Shared Vehicles -- The Neighborhood -- 4 Natural Context -- 4.1 Preserving Nature -- 4.2 Celebrating Nature -- 4.3 Preserving Trees -- 4.4 Celebrating High Points -- 4.5 Reducing Cut and Fill -- 4.6 Maintaining the Soil -- 4.7 Managing Stormwater -- 4.8 Preserving Wetlands -- 4.9 Conserving Water -- 4.10 Urban Parks -- 4.11 Natural Corridors -- 5 Neighborhood Components -- 5.1 Mixed Use -- 5.2 The 24- Hour City -- 5.3 Housing Diversity -- 5.4 Retail Distribution -- 5.5 Workplace Distribution -- 5.6 Civic Sites -- 5.7 Neighborhood Schools -- 5.8 Support Services -- 5.9 Local Open Space -- 5.10 Housing Density -- 5.11 Nearby Farms -- 5.12 Clustering Houses -- 5.13 Open Communities -- 6 Neighborhood Structure -- 6.1 Neighborhood Size -- 6.2 Neighborhood Organization -- 6.3 Pocket Parks -- 6.4 Open-Space Types -- 6.5 Form- Based Zoning -- 6.6 Transit Orientation -- 6.7 Edible Gardens -- 6.8 The LEED-ND Rating System -- The Street -- 7 Thoroughfare Network -- 7.1 The Network -- 7.2 Connected Thoroughfares -- 7.3 Connections Beyond -- 7.4 Block Size -- 7.5 Sidewalk Substitutes -- 7.6 Designed Vistas -- 7.7 Curvilinear Streets -- 7.8 Urban Triage -- 8 Thoroughfare Design -- 8.1 Complete Streets -- 8.2 Design Speed -- 8.3 Complex Geometries -- 8.4 Curb Radii -- 8.5 On-Street Parking -- 8.6 One-Way and Multilane Streets -- 8.7 Context-Responsive Thoroughfares -- 8.8 Avenues and Boulevards -- 8.9 Free-Flow Streets and Roads -- 8.10 Slow-Flow Streets and Roads -- 8.11 Yield-Flow Streets and Roads -- 8.12 Rear Alleys and Lanes -- 8.13 Passages and Paths -- 9 Public Streetscape -- 9.1 Sidewalks -- 9.2 Street Trees -- 9.3 Curbs and Swales -- 9.4 Streetlights -- 9.5 Pavement Materials -- 9.6 Sidewalk Obstructions -- 9.7 Utility Placement -- 10 Private Streetscape -- 10.1 Street Walls -- 10.2 Short Setbacks -- 10.3 Building Attachments -- 10.4 Building Heights -- 10.5 Skyscrapers -- 10.6 Eyes on the Sidewalk -- 10.7 Shops on the Sidewalk -- 10.8 Retail Management -- 11 Parking -- 11.1 Downtown Parking policy -- 11.2 The High Cost of Free Parking -- 11.3 The Parking Shed -- 11.4 Neighborhood Parking -- 11.5 Hiding Parking Lots -- 11.6 Parking Lot Quality -- 11.7 Parking Conversion -- 11.8 Parking Lot Access -- 11.9 Rear-Access Parking -- 11.10 Front Garage Setback -- The Building -- 12 Building Types -- 12.1 Form-Based Codes -- 12.2 Mid-rises and Highrises -- 12.3 Commercial Lofts -- 12.4 Apartment Houses -- 12.5 Live/Work Buildings -- 12.6 Rowhouses -- 12.7 Cottages -- 12.8 Large Houses -- 12.9 Courtyard and Sideyard Houses -- 12.10 Ancillary Dwellings -- 13 Green Construction -- 13.1 Natural Light and Ventilation -- 13.2 Solar Orientation -- 13.3 Heat and Light -- 13.4 Energy-Efficient Design -- 13.5 Sustainable Building Materials -- 13.6 Buildings That Learn -- 13.7 On-Site Energy Generation -- 13.8 Healthy Buildings -- 13.9 Yard Trees -- 13.10 Xeriscape -- 13.11 Waste Management -- 13.12 Green Building Standards -- 14 Architectural Design -- 14.1 Regional Design -- 14.2 Consistency of Appearance -- 14.3 Noxious Elements -- 14.4 Residential Privacy -- 14.5 Universal Design -- 14.6 Historic Buildings -- 14.7 Historic Schools -- 14.8 Subsidized Housing -- 14.9 Civic Buildings -- Appendix -- Useful Statements -- Smart Growth Directory -- Acknowledgments -- Image Credits -- Index --
Everyone is calling for smart growth ... but what exactly is it? In The Smart Growth Manual, two leading city planners provide a thorough answer. From the expanse of the metropolis to the detail of the window box, they address the pressing challenges of urban development with easy-to-follow advice and broad array of best practices. With their landmark book Suburban Nation, Andres Duany and Jeff Speck "set forth more clearly than anyone has done in our time the elements of good town planning" (The New Yorker). With this long-awaited companion volume, the authors have organized the latest contributions of new urbanism, green design, and healthy communities into a comprehensive handbook, fully illustrated with the built work of the nation's leading practitioners. --