Download or read book Evaluation of Form Based Zoning written by Niti A. Gajjar and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoning codes of a particular city play vital role in designing "place making" elements and the resultant built environment. Due to lack of adequate attention towards design standards in our present zoning techniques, American cities are facing some serious problems related to sprawl. Under the New Urbanism principles, Form Based Zoning (FBZ) was created to overcome the shortcomings of conventional zoning codes and non-Euclidean zoning. A critical evaluation of conventional zoning methods and FBZ has been done through literature and case study review. The study concludes that additions and changes are required in existing zoning policies and building regulations to include urban design elements and create contextual built form. In addition, improvements to the FBZ are required to integrate simplified regulations, physical design and land use, and technology to shape the public realm in a comprehensive manner into a meaningful built environment.
Download or read book From Form to Function written by Robert Todd Kohr and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thesis analyzes the effectiveness and potential of form-based zoning codes, focusing on three research questions: (1) Are form-based codes a fundamentally-different alternative to Euclidean zoning, or are they simply a re-packaged version of design guidelines? (2) Do form-based codes spur better development (defined in New Urbanist terms) than traditional zoning ordinances? (3) Are form-based codes appropriate for use across the entire range of development environments (i.e., urban, suburban, and rural areas)? The thesis answers these questions through an evaluation of case studies of two notable municipal form-based codes: the Columbia Pike Special Revitalization District Form Based Code in Arlington County, Virginia, and the Form Districts incorporated within the new Land Development Code for Jefferson County, Kentucky. For each case study, the thesis analyzes the political and regulatory frameworks, socio-economic makeup, and existing development patterns of the surrounding community. It then examines and evaluates the recently-implemented form-based code, considering the ordinance's intent, composition, and development consequences. After considering both case studies, the thesis formulates conclusions and broader implications regarding the current effectiveness and future potential of form-based zoning codes. The author's research yields certain generalizable conclusions. While form-based codes are not a new idea, they are fundamentally distinct from either traditional Euclidean zoning or most urban design guidelines or standards, shifting the role of zoning from proscriptive to prescriptive and placing form rather than use at the center of the regulatory paradigm. Based on early indications, this change in emphasis appears to yield more consistent, more democratic, more contextual, and more pedestrian- and community-friendly development than that generated by typical zoning codes. And finally, the success of form-based coding seems to be tied less to the scale of development within which it is applied than to the levels of political and economic support that accompany it. It is important to recognize that form-based codes are still a relatively new innovation, and that only time will demonstrate whether they are in the long run successful in stimulating more and better development than more traditional zoning mechanisms. However, initial findings suggest that they hold the potential to yield impressive results.
Download or read book Strong Towns written by Charles L. Marohn, Jr. and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new way forward for sustainable quality of life in cities of all sizes Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Build American Prosperity is a book of forward-thinking ideas that breaks with modern wisdom to present a new vision of urban development in the United States. Presenting the foundational ideas of the Strong Towns movement he co-founded, Charles Marohn explains why cities of all sizes continue to struggle to meet their basic needs, and reveals the new paradigm that can solve this longstanding problem. Inside, you’ll learn why inducing growth and development has been the conventional response to urban financial struggles—and why it just doesn’t work. New development and high-risk investing don’t generate enough wealth to support itself, and cities continue to struggle. Read this book to find out how cities large and small can focus on bottom-up investments to minimize risk and maximize their ability to strengthen the community financially and improve citizens’ quality of life. Develop in-depth knowledge of the underlying logic behind the “traditional” search for never-ending urban growth Learn practical solutions for ameliorating financial struggles through low-risk investment and a grassroots focus Gain insights and tools that can stop the vicious cycle of budget shortfalls and unexpected downturns Become a part of the Strong Towns revolution by shifting the focus away from top-down growth toward rebuilding American prosperity Strong Towns acknowledges that there is a problem with the American approach to growth and shows community leaders a new way forward. The Strong Towns response is a revolution in how we assemble the places we live.
Download or read book The Evaluation of the Imact of Form based Code and Conventional Zoning on Fort McPherson Redevelopment written by Keuntae Kim and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As an emerging urban design tool, form-base codes have been increasingly used by urban planners and designers since the 1980s. Focusing on the actual built environment, form-based codes can provide more predictable results of future development and help planners to more easily communicate with people through detailed diagrams to develop consensual visions. Despite all of these advantages, however, there is no study identifying the advantages of form-based codes over conventional codes in both quantitative and qualitative ways. This thesis proposes what aspects of form-based codes have a positive impact on community revitalization compared with conventional zoning and the differences between the regulation systems by establishing evaluation criteria - sustainability, connectivity, diversity, and design optimization and compactness. For clearer analysis, physical standards in both regulation systems will be considered, and those standards will be directly applied to the actual community development project, the Fort McPherson Redevelopment Plan.
Download or read book Form Based Urban Planning Code and Its Implications in Hong Kong written by Cheung-Heng Kan and published by . This book was released on 2017-01-26 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This dissertation, "Form-based Urban Planning Code and Its Implications in Hong Kong" by Cheung-heng, Kan, 簡昌恆, was obtained from The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) and is being sold pursuant to Creative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License. The content of this dissertation has not been altered in any way. We have altered the formatting in order to facilitate the ease of printing and reading of the dissertation. All rights not granted by the above license are retained by the author. Abstract: Form-based codes have been part of an innovative design reform since they were suggested in early 1980s. Still in the development stage, Form-based codes have limited precedent examples to demonstrate its applicability in high dense and compact cities, and their advantages as prescriptive design tools for creating the predictable result of the built environment, in urban design projects and the plan-making process. In the search of potential improvement to avoid bulky buildings, lack of streetscape, non-environmental friendly building massing, lack of directionality and relevance to the surroundings, this research has analysed whether and how Form-based code is effective and applicable to address the existing urban planning problems in Hong Kong. It also addresses other implications to the existing urban planning system if Form-based code can be fully, partially imbedded or cannot be affiliated. Form-based code can by no means be isolated from social, economic and lands issues in Hong Kong. With the principles associated with New Urbanism for the development of urban communities, Hong Kong and many cities have different degrees of difficulty in introducing and balancing the factors. With Hong Kong''s massive land values, finance-dominated lands and urban renewal criteria, Form-based code can be valid in small communities as an alternative to suburbia, but it is very difficult to apply in a high-rise high-density city situation. Therefore, detailed analysis and evaluation is precisely needed on why Form-based codes are necessary in cities, as opposed to small-torn American growth areas which are often promoted by a single developer. In Hong Kong, a combination of Outline Zoning Plans and building and public health regulations tend to dominate considerations of form. The generated form has little to do in practice with sensible considerations of connectivity, transportation, workability and urban design. The research examines the whole issue of form based codes - essentially. This seeks to extract in what urban situations Form-based codes succeed in meeting physical, social, economic and sustainable objectives. The research also critically evaluates the existing planning and lands system and the system of prevailing controls in order to identify the benefits and drawbacks in producing good urban design, and the opportunities and constraints in realistically introducing Form-based code. These urban design components including building form standard, frontage type standard, building type standard, architectural standard and public space standard are evaluated. The research concludes what Form-based code in Hong Kong can technically achieve, the factors need to be considered in the planning process, the preventive constraints in achieving Form-based objectives. The implication of the needs of change in terms of urban planning, management and organizational mechanisms including aspects of bureaucracy, policy ''silos'' and lack of overall value system is evaluated. Last but not least, an appraisal of what can or cannot be achieved is included. Despite the hypothetical advantages of Form-based codes over the conventional zoning, the important point is that Form-based urban planning code in Hong Kong cannot be simply a replacement for, but a supplement to urban planning tools. Physical Form-based components in present framework should absorb Form-based code to m
Download or read book Participation and Predictability written by Kristina Bowen Wright and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT: This study analyzed the form-based code participatory processes of Miami, Florida and Denver, Colorado to examine the relationship between code formulation and implementation to gauge how, and if, predictability has been generated through extensive, front-loaded participation. The design orientation of the form-based code has also been examined for its ability to serve as a catalyst within these processes. The need for additional flexibility through additional public participation following code adoption was examined to consider the adaptation of the predictability model. As a result, this study analyzed the following research question: Considering the extensive participatory processes used to create the form-based codes in Miami, Florida and Denver, Colorado, how have these processes produced outcomes that increase predictability, and how is this predictability balanced with the potential need for further citizen participation? Both scenarios were analyzed through the use of case studies, project analyses, and discussions that resulted from the evaluation of processes and outcomes within code formulation and implementation. In sum, these were used to analyze the hypotheses developed during preliminary analysis that were used to test the function, processes, and outcomes of each code type within each context. The design orientation and the use of visual communication used within code formulation were analyzed to evaluate if, and how, these have advanced predictability and public accessibility in terms of outcomes produced by these processes.
Download or read book A Review and Evaluation written by Godwin-Bohm-NBBJ. and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The SmartCode Solution to Sprawl written by Chad Emerson and published by Environmental Law Institute. This book was released on 2007 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The SmartCode Solution to Sprawl, a practical guide to the implementation of the comprehensive zoning tool designed by a diverse group of land planners, designers, attorneys, developers and concerned citizens, explains how the SmartCode works and how to customize it for local use.
Download or read book The Rules that Shape Urban Form written by Donald L. Elliott and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report looks at six ways cities have adopted "form-based" zoning tools and the results that followed. Case studies describe the pros, cons, and consequences of form-based zoning regulations in Austin, Texas; Mooresville, North Carolina; Denver; Arlington, Virginia; Livermore, California; and Miami. Interviews with planners in each community give real-world perspectives on choosing, implementing, and evaluating form controls. The report also looks at the planning challenges of housing affordability, carbon emissions, aging populations, and preservation.
Download or read book Zoning written by Elliott Sclar and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-11-06 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoning is at once a key technical competency of urban planning practice and a highly politicized regulatory tool. How this contradiction between the technical and political is resolved has wide-reaching implications for urban equity and sustainability, two key concerns of urban planning. Moving beyond critiques of zoning as a regulatory hindrance to local affordability or merely the rulebook that guides urban land use, this textbook takes an institutional approach to zoning, positioning its practice within the larger political, social, and economic conflicts that shape local access for diverse groups across urban space. Foregrounding the historical-institutional setting in which zoning is embedded allows planners to more deeply engage with the equity and sustainability issues related to zoning practice. By approaching zoning from a social science and planning perspective, this text engages students of urban planning, policy, and design with several key questions relevant to the realities of zoning and land regulation they encounter in practice. Why has the practice of zoning evolved as it has? How do social and economic institutions shape zoning in contemporary practice? How does zoning relate to the other competencies of planning, such as housing and transport? Where and why has zoning, an act of physical land use regulation, replaced social planning? These questions, grounded in examples and cases, will prompt readers to think critically about the potential and limitations of zoning. By reforging the important links between zoning practice and the concerns of the urban planning profession, this text provides a new framework for considering zoning in the 21st century and beyond.
Download or read book Community Building and Form Based Codes written by Hillary Laskey and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Form-based codes, an alternative zoning approach to conventional Euclidean zoning, have been embraced by planners and policymakers to mitigate the unwanted externalities of urban sprawl, congestion, and automobile dependence. A critical component of form-based codes is a community-wide vision plan. Including public participation, primarily through modern mechanisms of engagement, during the development of a community-wide plan for a form-based code can elevate this zoning approach beyond its primary purpose as a land use regulatory tool. This research study explored the intersection of form-based codes, public participation, and community building using a case study of Seminole Heights, a historic neighborhood district in Tampa, Florida. Using a retrospective-prospective study design, strengthened by reflection-on-action, this research was guided by three objectives and an overarching research question. By evaluating the relationship between form-based codes, public participation, and community-building, the potential for form-based codes to be used as a participatory tool or catalyst for community-building can be better understood.
Download or read book Zoning Rules written by William A. Fischel and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Zoning has for a century enabled cities to chart their own course. It is a useful and popular institution, enabling homeowners to protect their main investment and provide safe neighborhoods. As home values have soared in recent years, however, this protection has accelerated to the degree that new housing development has become unreasonably difficult and costly. The widespread Not In My Backyard (NIMBY) syndrome is driven by voters’ excessive concern about their home values and creates barriers to growth that reach beyond individual communities. The barriers contribute to suburban sprawl, entrench income and racial segregation, retard regional immigration to the most productive cities, add to national wealth inequality, and slow the growth of the American economy. Some state, federal, and judicial interventions to control local zoning have done more harm than good. More effective approaches would moderate voters’ demand for local-land use regulation—by, for example, curtailing federal tax subsidies to owner-occupied housing"--Publisher's description.
Download or read book Innovative Zoning written by Rahenkamp, Sachs, Wells, and Associates and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Zoning Policy Evaluation as Influenced by a Specialized Residential Land Use a Study of Large Old Home Areas Involved in Changing Urban Patterns written by Marvin Eugene Gloege and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Questions for the Analysis and Evaluation of Existing Zoning Regulations written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 9 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Spatial Modeling and Assessment of Urban Form written by Biswajeet Pradhan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the application of Geospatial data, Geographic Information System (GIS) and Remote Sensing (RS) technologies in analysis and modeling of urban growth process, and its pattern, with special focus on sprawl and compact form of urban development. The book explains these two kinds of urban forms (sprawl and compact urban development) in detail regarding their advantages, disadvantages, indicators, assessment, modeling, implementation and their relationship with urban sustainability. It confirms that the proposed modeling approaches, geospatial data and GIS are very practical for identifying urban growth, land use change patterns and their general trends in future. The analyses and modeling approaches presented in this book can be employed to guide the identification and measurements of the changes and growth likely to happen in urban areas. In addition, this book can be helpful for town planning and development in order to design urban areas in a compact form and eventually sustainable manner.
Download or read book Office of Zoning Review work program written by Chicago (Ill.). Office of Zoning Review and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
