sustainable neighborhood diagram ( farr/ oberholtzer /schaller)
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Sustainable Neighborhood Diagram (Farr/Oberholtzer/Schaller)
• Defined Center & Edge• Compactness• Completeness• Connectedness• Biophilia
bettercities.netFarr 2008
Cadiz, Spain
Third Places
Plaza de la Mina
Healthy Neighborhood
www.henryturley.com
Walkability
• www.walkscore.com– Calculates walkability score for an address,
neighborhood, town,…• Pitman, NJ:
– East Avenue (Downtown): 83 Very Walkable– 2500 ft down Broadway: 43 Car Dependent
www.walkscore.com
83 Very Walkable
43 Car Dependent, 2500’
Atlanta, GA• Perimeter Community
Improvement Districts
• Self-taxing districts that use additional property taxes to help accelerate transportation and infrastructure improvement projects
www.perimetercid.org
bikenewton.dreamhosters.com
Complete Streets
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Auto Transit and Densitydaily.sightline.org
Zip Car (Car Share)
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