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Book Zoning for Downtown Urban Design

Download or read book Zoning for Downtown Urban Design written by Robert S. Cook and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Zoning

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  • Author : Elliott Sclar
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2019-11-06
  • ISBN : 0429951256
  • Pages : 276 pages

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.

Book Carrots   Sticks

Download or read book Carrots Sticks written by Terry J. Lassar and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Urban Design Downtown

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  • Author : Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris
  • Publisher : Univ of California Press
  • Release : 1998-10-19
  • ISBN : 0520209303
  • Pages : 382 pages

Download or read book Urban Design Downtown written by Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1998-10-19 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book's case studies of individual West Coast downtown projects capture the essence of late 20th-century urbanism with its multitude of social dilemmas and contradictions. The authors explore both the poetics of design and the politics and economics of development decisions. 98 photos. 26 line illustrations. 23 maps.

Book City Rules

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  • Author : Emily Talen
  • Publisher : Island Press
  • Release : 2012-06-22
  • ISBN : 1610911768
  • Pages : 257 pages

Download or read book City Rules written by Emily Talen and published by Island Press. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City Rules offers a challenge to students and professionals in urban planning, design, and policy to change the rules of city-building, using regulations to reinvigorate, rather than stifle, our communities. Emily Talen demonstrates that regulations are a primary detriment to the creation of a desirable urban form. While many contemporary codes encourage sprawl and even urban blight, that hasn't always been the case-and it shouldn't be in the future. Talen provides a visually rich history, showing how certain eras used rules to produce beautiful, walkable, and sustainable communities, while others created just the opposite. She makes complex regulations understandable, demystifying city rules like zoning and illustrating how written codes translate into real-world consequences. Most importantly, Talen proposes changes to these rules that will actually enhance communities' freedom to develop unique spaces.

Book Incentive Zoning

Download or read book Incentive Zoning written by Marya Morris and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incentive zoning has received renewed attention as communities implement smart growth principles into planning and development processes. Incentive zoning allows a developer to build a larger, higher-density project than would be permitted under existing zoning. In exchange, the developer provides something that is in the community's interest that would not otherwise be required (e.g., open space, plazas, arcades, etc.). The common types of community benefits or amenities for which state and local governments have devised incentive programs are urban design, human services (including affordable housing), and transit access. This report provides historical perspective, summarizes state enabling legislation, and describes the key substantive and legal issues local governments must address in crafting such regulations. Case studies from Arlington County (Virginia), Minneapolis, and Seattle demonstrate how incentives can be used to achieve smart growth objectives. The report also provides principles to guide model legislation for zoning and affordable housing incentives.

Book Draft Land Use zoning urban Design Recommendations

Download or read book Draft Land Use zoning urban Design Recommendations written by MAKERS Architecture and Urban Design and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Form Based Codes

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  • Author : Daniel G. Parolek, AIA
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2008-03-21
  • ISBN : 0470049855
  • Pages : 354 pages

Download or read book Form Based Codes written by Daniel G. Parolek, AIA and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-03-21 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, illustrative guide to Form-Based Codes "This volume describes in clear argument and significant detail the issues and techniques associated with the design and management of Form-Based Codes as an antidote to zoning and sprawl. Reading it and putting it to practice is an excellent point of departure for individuals and municipalities to safeguard and to grow their communities." - From the Foreword by noted architect and urbanist Stefanos Polyzoides Form-Based Codes are the latest evolutionary step in the practice of development and land-use regulation. A growing alternative to conventional zoning laws, Form-Based Codes go beyond land use to address not just the physical form of buildings but also surrounding streets, blocks, and public spaces in order to create, protect, and revitalize sustainable communities. Written by three recognized leaders in the field of New Urbanism, including an urban planner and an architect, this book is the first to address this subject comprehensively. After defining Form-Based Codes and explaining why they are a necessary alternative to conventional zoning regulations, the authors detail the various components of Form-Based Codes and then go step by step through the process of creating and implementing them. Finally, a series of case studies illustrates best practice applications of Form-Based Coding at various scales from county-wide to site specific, and various project types from city-wide development code replacement to the preservation or evolution of downtowns. This timely and accessible text features: * More than 200 clear illustrations of Form-Based Codes * Studies of real-world applications of Form-Based Coding by leading planners, urban designers, and architects Form-Based Codes is a must-read for today's urban designers, urban planners, architects, and anyone with a vested interest in utilizing the latest regulatory tool to help create compact, walkable, and sustainable communities.

Book Street Design Manual

Download or read book Street Design Manual written by New York (N.Y.). Department of Transportation and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York City Street Design Manual provides policies and design guidelines to city agencies, design professionals, private developers, and community groups for the improvement of streets and sidewalks throughout the five boroughs. It is intended to serve as a comprehensive resource for promoting higher quality street designs and more efficient project implementation.

Book The Preparation of Zoning Ordinances

Download or read book The Preparation of Zoning Ordinances written by United States. Dept. of Commerce. Advisory Committee on City Planning and Zoning and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Law of City Planning and Zoning

Download or read book The Law of City Planning and Zoning written by Frank Backus Williams and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 772 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Architectural Tuning of Settlements

Download or read book The Architectural Tuning of Settlements written by Léon Krier (Architecte) and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Structure of Urban Zoning and Its Dynamics in Urban Planning and Development

Download or read book The Structure of Urban Zoning and Its Dynamics in Urban Planning and Development written by Norman Williams and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of articles from the author's regular column "Zoning and planning notes" in the American City magazine.

Book Grand Urban Rules

Download or read book Grand Urban Rules written by Alex Lehnerer and published by 010 Publishers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Grand Urban Rules offers a compilation and discussion of significant rules invented and implemented by European, North American, and Asian cities. The reader does not only get an overview of the functionality and repercussions of these rule sets but also gains insight into the context and situation of the specific city through the lens of rule-based governance: a citys code as the inverted, abstracted and extracted image of a citys actual situation. Setting standards is first and foremost a cultural act. We map cities by their rules! The publication is based on a database of approximately 100 relevant urban rules researched over the past three years at the ETH Zurich. These rules describe built form with regard to physical characteristics, qualities, and consequences as well as the distribution of program, density, urban performance, and aesthetics."--Publisher's description.

Book Downtown Zoning

Download or read book Downtown Zoning written by Boston Redevelopment Authority and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Introduction to Urban Design

Download or read book An Introduction to Urban Design written by Jonathan Barnett and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1982 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author uses his experience as an urban designer in New York City to examine the nature of city planning and how it can improve urban life.

Book Special Districts

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  • Author : Richard F. Babcock
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1990
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Special Districts written by Richard F. Babcock and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors examine of the personalities, controversies, and compromises that have created zoning districts in New York City, Chicago, and San Francisco. They share fascinating insights into the benefits and problems associated with this unique regulatory tool.