Sprawl repair manual / Galina Tachieva ; contributors, Judith I. Bell ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tachieva, Galina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cities and towns--United States--Growth.

Cities and towns.

Citizenship--United States.

Citizenship.

Social justice--United States.

Social justice.

Sustainable development--United States.

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Island Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Sprawl Repair Manual demonstrates a step-by-step design process for the re-balancing and re-urbanization of suburbia into more sustainable, economical, energy- and resource-efficient patterns. As Galina Tachieva asserts in this exceptionally useful book, sprawl repair will require a proactive and aggressive approach, focused on design, regulation and incentives. Sprawl Repair Manual draws on more than two decades of practical experience in the field of repairing and building communities to analyze the current pattern of sprawl development, disassemble it into its elemental components, and present a process for transforming them into human-scale, sustainable elements. The techniques are illustrated both two- and three-dimensionally, providing users with clear methodologies for the sprawl repair interventions, some of which are radical, but all of which will produce positive results.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table Of Contents

Acknowledgements

Chapter One: Introduction From Sprawl to Complete Communities

Choices

Sprawl Repair Defined

Challenges

Opportunities

Chapter Two: The Sprawl Repair Method

Two models

Neighborhood Unit Model

Sprawl Model

Techniques

Urban Design Techniques

Regulatory Techniques

Implementation Techniques

Chapter Three: Repair at the Regional Scale

Sector Mapping

Step One: Determine Sprawl Repair Domains

Step Two: Delineate Preservation and Reservation Areas

Step Three: Prioritize The Commercial and Employment Nodes

Step Four: Prioritize The Potential Transit and Infrastructure Networks

Step Five: Identify The Sprawl Repair Targets

Step Six: Implement Transfer Of Development Rights

Step Seven: Asemble The Sector Map

Sprawl Repair Assessment tool

Sprawl Repair Void Analysis

Neighborhood Structure

Viable Infrastructure And Utilities

Environmental Performance

Robust Building Stock

Financial Viability

Chapter Four: Repair at the Community Scale

Rural Subdivision

Deficiencies

Transformation into a Hamlet

Implementation Protocol

Application: Preservation of Agricultural and Natural Land Through Clustering

Single-Family Subdivision

Transformation into a Neighborhood Center

Rezoning

Phasing

Application: Strategic Replacement of Single-Family Houses with Attached Buildings

Application: Reweaving and Infilling the Suburban Fabric

Multifamily Subdivision

Transformation into a Town Center

Application: Transforming an Age-Restricted Complex into a Lifelong Community

Application: Redevelopment of Apartments and Preservation of Existing Vegetation.

Application: Townhouse Enclave Redevelopment

Shopping Center

Application: Reclaiming a Square Out of Parking Lots

Application: Transforming a Greyfield into a Town Center

Application: Gradual Urbanization of Highway-Facing Strip Shopping Center

Shopping Mall

Application: Creating a Main Street by Keeping an Anchor

Commercial Strip

Transformation into a Nodal Transit Boulevard

Application: Introducing a Nodal Development Pattern

Application: Preparing the Corridor for Successional Growth

Application: Rebuilding the Commercial Strip

Business Park

Application: Office Park Repair into a Transit-Oriented Core Using Green Techniques

Application: Infill Repairs Strategy for Corporate Campuses

Edge City

Transformation into a Regional Urban Core

Application: Repairing An Edge City by Urbanization Around a Functioning Mall

Suburban Campus

Transformation into a Traditional Urban Campus

Application: Repairing Strategies for Medical Campuses in Different Suburban Contexts

Sprawl-Type Open Space

Underperforming Golf Course

Application: Transforming Suburban Playfields into Town Centers

Chapter Five: Repair of Thoroughfares and Parking

Sprawl Thoroughfares

Freeway

Arterial

Collector

Local

Cul-de-Sac

Parking Strategy

Application: Main Street Repair

Application: Collector Repair

Application: Arterial Repair.

Chapter Six: Repair at the Block Scale

Suburban Megablock

Slab and tower block

McMansion Block Densification

Infill with Mews

Infill with Townhouses

Infill with Apartment Villas

Residential Block Densification

Residential Block De-densification

Residential Block with Cul-de-Sacs

Pedestrian and Bicycle Connectivity

One-Way Vehicular Connectivity

Application: Commercial Block Repair Phasing

Chapter Seven: Repair at the Building Scale

McMansion

Suburban Ranch House

Drive-Through

Gas Station

Parking Garage

Strip Center

Big Box

Religious Building

Application: Repair of Outdated Multifamily Housing

Application: Repair of a Supermarket

Postscript

Endnotes

Recommended Reading

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781597269858

1597269859

OCLC:

692204905