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May
5
2010

From The Smart Growth Manual (Andres Duany, Jeff Speck, Mike Lydon), some "fave" points (picked by PlanetShifter):
1. Provide contextually appropriate modes of transit
2. Design and locate civic buildings honorably
3. Protect neighborhoods from high-speed thoroughfares
4. Expose natural amenities to public view
5. Satisfy daily shopping needs within each neighborhood
6. Link green areas into continuous systems
7. Encourage food production everywhere by everyone
8. Design for pedestrians and bicyclists as well as automobiles
9. Enclose street spaces with building fronts
10. Design parking lots for humans and cars
11. Design buildings to minimize thermal and light impacts

Click through to article for details regarding each point.

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Nov
19
2009

So, "...what would be the 19 urban development types for the creatives that fuel the knowledge economy? Here’s one look at it, based on a list initially produced by renowned urbanist Andres Duany:"
A. Primarily Commercial Mixed-Use Buildings
1. Pedestrian-Only Town Center Retail Entertainment Grouping;
2. Standard Town Center Retail Entertainment Grouping
3. Neighborhood Center Retail Entertainment Grouping
4. Triple Mixed-Use Flat
5. Triple Mixed-Use Mid-Rise
B. Primarily Residential Mixed-Use Buildings
6. Mixed-Use Loft Apartment Mid-Rise
7. Mixed-Use Loft Apartment Flat
8. Mixed-Use Mini-Condo Mid-Rise
9. Loft Apartment House
10. Live-Work Units
C. Exclusively Residential Buildings
11. Loft Apartment House
12. Courtyard Apartments
13. Townhouses with an Ancillary Building
14. Green-fronting Townhouses
15. Paseo Housing Grouping
16. The Inn
D. Exclusively Commercial Buildings
17. Loft Office Mid-Rise
18. Avenue Office Grouping
19. Urban Villa

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