The Congress for New Urbanism, the group that advances the concept of the Form-Based Zoning Code, has an interesting article on retrofitting suburbia to be more walkable, functional, and sustainable. I've pasted the first few paragraphs to whet your interest and provided a link for the rest of the article.
"The transformation of specific underutilized places in conventional suburbs is gaining momentum for several reasons. Suburban municipalities with little or no walkability are losing younger generations who are enamored with walkable urban places. From a regional standpoint, a balance of supply and demand of walkable places is needed. Suburbs can help to meet the growing demand for mixed-use urbanism. There are now more than 2,000 “suburban retrofit” projects in America, according to Ellen Dunham-Jones.
Dunham-Jones and June Williamson, coauthors of Retrofitting Suburbia, presented 11 tactics to transform conventional suburban places at CNU 27 in Louisville. This evolving set of stratagems can be used anywhere, even in a central city, that has suburban form. But different tactics will be more applicable in different contexts and market conditions. Here they are:
1) Garner community input. The community must come to a consensus on transformation, and that means a public process that gathers wide-ranging input and ideas.
Click HERE for the rest of the article.
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