Urban and Regional

Planning Theories
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PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENTS
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 Mid-sized developments built with

the intentions of self-sustainability.

 Used in areas that is being intensively

developed for the first time.

 With mixed uses often the primary

land use, it is sometimes referred to
as cluster zoning.

 Ordinary zoning regulations can be

suspended for this particular
property.
TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS
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 Officially defined as a mixed use

community with an average distance of 670
meters from a transit stop and commercial
core area.
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NEW URBANISM
Until the mid 20th century, cities were
generally organized into and developed
around mixed-use walkable
neighborhoods. For most of human history
this meant a city that was entirely
walkable, although with the development
of mass transit the reach of the city
extended outward along transit lines,
allowing for the growth of new pedestrian
communities such as streetcar suburbs.
But with the advent of cheap automobiles
and favorable government policies,
attention began to shift away from cities
and towards ways of growth more
focused on the needs of the car.
Market Street, Celebration, Florida
NEW URBANISM STRATEGIES
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A. REDEVELOPMENT
 Priority projects of the New Urbanism
movement involve redeveloping blighted
areas, particularly those in the inner city.
NEW URBANISM STRATEGIES
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B. INFILL
 Strategy used when redevelopment is no
longer an option while still avoiding further
physical expansion.
NEW URBANISM STRATEGIES
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C. NEW TOWNS
 When urban and suburban infill cannot accommodate
the quantity or rate of growth of a region, new
growth areas or satellite towns may be considered.
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