TYPES OF

RESIDENTIAL AREAS
TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS, SUB-URBAN STYLE SUBDIVISION, AND
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT
TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS

revert to the designs more common in pre-automobile

cities and neighborhoods.
TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOODS

• Compact Development
• Mixed Land-Use
• Multiple Transportation
Modes
• Community Character
SUB-URBAN STYLE SUBDIVISION

• It is a mixed-use or residential area, existing either as part of a city or

urban area or as a separate residential community
within commuting distance of a city.
SUB-URBAN STYLE SUBDIVISION

• single-family homes interspersed with shopping malls and strips, as well as office
buildings.
• residences in the suburbs are sometimes chided as being cookie-cutter and are, in
professional terms, for the most part, tract housing.
CLUSTER DEVELOPMENT

• the consideration of natural

features/topography
• smaller lot size
• the use of cul-de-sacs
• use of certain waste/storm
water management techniques.