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The Myth of Overcrowding
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 05/06/2013 - 9:11amLast week, I had a conversation with a faculty colleague about densification in Manhattan. He said he visited Philadelphia, and he liked Philadelphia better because it wasn't so crowded.
But I responded that Manhattan wasn't as crowded as he thought it was. To be sure, there are a... read more »
More Density for Bigger Cities
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 05/02/2013 - 9:29amI recently have noticed lots of comments in blogs and listservs on ideal densities. But the ideal density for a city or a neighborhood (if there is such a thing) depends on context.
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Why? The smaller the city, the less density you need for walkability.
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The pros and cons of elevator suburbs
Submitted by MLewyn on Sun, 03/31/2013 - 9:40amAs I was looking through my Twitter feed last night, I noticed an article on Canada's "elevator suburbs"- suburban streets (often, but not always, in low-income areas) filled with mid-and high-rise apartment buildings and shops, with lower-density housing on side streets. How do these places s... read more »
yet another way to look at density
Submitted by MLewyn on Thu, 12/13/2012 - 10:20amSome commentators note that the Los Angeles metropolitan area has more people per square mile than other regions, and use this alleged fact as an argument why density doesn't affect a region's level of car dependency. One region this argument is silly is that Los Angeles density is quite diffe... read more »
How Much Density Is Enough? It Depends
Submitted by MLewyn on Mon, 05/21/2012 - 11:43amLos Angeles has over 7000 people per square mile, yet doesn't have a reputation as a particularly walkable place. By contrast, I was pretty happy living without a car in Carbondale, IL (a small college town with 2178 people per square mile). How come?
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Dense and Beautiful Stormwater Management
Submitted by Laurence Aurbach on Sat, 05/15/2010 - 6:49amDense and Beautiful Stormwater Management
By Laurence Aurbach
Ped Shed Blog, Friday May 14, 2010
http://pedshed.net/?p=270
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Considering the role of density in smart growth and urbanism
Submitted by Kaid Benfield on Tue, 04/28/2009 - 11:20amLater this week, I am going to be participating with my friend David Dixon and marketing whiz Laurie Volk in a seminar on development density at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Archite
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Transit, Density Sustain Communities in Difficult Housing Market
Submitted by Joe Menard on Wed, 01/09/2008 - 1:15pmAs we experience a poor housing market in America, it's important to consider the geography of areas both losing and gaining property value. The
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Greyfields Provide Challenging Development Opportunites
Submitted by Joe Menard on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 2:04pmAmy Saunder's article entitled "Retail ghosts"in the Columbus Dispatch discusses the increasing failure of conventional malls and the subsequent upward spike in the development of outdoor shopping and "lifestyle" centers.
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