Creating walkable places : compact mixed-use solutions / Adrienne Schmitz and Jason Scully.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmitz, Adrienne.

Contributor:

Scully, Jason.

Urban Land Institute.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

City planning--United States.

City planning.

City planning--Health aspects--United States.

Pedestrian areas--United States.

Pedestrian areas.

Real estate development--United States.

Real estate development.

Mixed-use developments--United States--Case studies.

Mixed-use developments.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : ULI-the Urban Land Institute, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<DIV>Richly illustrated with color photographs, site plans, and diagrams, this book explains how to design and develop pedestrian-friendly, mixed-use developments.</div>

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgments; Contents; CHAPTER 1 Introduction; The Landscape Today; Less Active Lifestyles; The Current Health Crisis; How Much Activity Is Needed?; Increasing Physical Activity; The Demand for Change; What Makes a Place Walkable?; Overview of This Book; CHAPTER 2 Form and Function: Creating the Pedestrian Experience; Creating Destinations; Block by Block; Making Connections; Public Spaces; Parking: Carrot or Stick?; Reconfiguring Existing Development; You Can Get There from Here; CHAPTER 3 The Business of Pedestrian-Oriented Development; The Market

Financial ReturnsObtaining Financing; The Entitlement Process; Project Evaluation; Dealing with Obstacles to Financing; Site Assessment; A Growing Market; CHAPTER 4 Public Sector Involvement; Who Makes Up the Public Sector?; The Public Sector's Interests in Pedestrian-Oriented Development; Advantages and Disadvantages of Public Sector Partnerships; Roles for the Public Sector; Regulatory Process and Tools; The Approval Process Development Incentives and Tools; CHAPTER 5 Healthy Trends; Urban Revitalizations; New Towns Gain Town Centers; Greyfield Redevelopment

Traditional Neighborhood Developments in GreenfieldsInfill Communities; Housing for Seniors; The Case Studies; CHAPTER 6 Case Studies; City Heights Urban Village; Paseo Colorado; The Market Common, Clarendon; The Grove; Centennial Lakes; Birkdale Village; Saffron; Baxter Village; WaterColor and Seaside

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-87420-938-2

OCLC:

813845006