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In 1915, Robert E. Park and E. W. Burgess

introduced the idea of "neighborhood" as an
ecological concept with urban planning
implications
While most neighborhoods are difficult to define
geographically, anyone who lives in an urban
setting relates to an area that they call their
neighborhood

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Clarence A. Perry (1929)
was one of the first to
give some consideration
to the physical form of
the neighborhood unit.

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1) Size:
A neighborhood unit should provide housing for
that population for which one elementary school is
required.

The actual area of the neighborhood will therefore

vary with ratio of school population to total
population; density of development; size of
elementary school; desirable walking distance to
elementary school.

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2) Isolating or Insulating Boundaries:
A neighborhood unit should be clearly delineated,
the boundaries being formed by such man-made
features as major streets, major parks and
parkways, major institutional lands, or such natural
features such as streams or lake shore lines.

These boundaries should serve to give a cellular

structure to the unit insulating it from other similar
units and other type of land use areas.

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3) internal Street Pattern
A neighborhood unit should have internal street
pattern designed to facilitate vehicular and
pedestrian circulation within the unit, but to
discourage penetration of the unit by through
traffic.

Streets should be functionally designed and

developed as collector and land access streets

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4) Self Contained
A neighborhood unit should be self contained with
respect to the day-to-day needs of the family. The
unit should contain:
Elementary school centrally located
Park & playground also centrally located
Convenience shopping area approx. 3 acres
per 1000 residents
Religious buildings

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5) Unity in Design
Unity of design should not be only aesthetically
pleasing, but, it should also ensures a stable
community

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RADBURN CITY, NEW JERSEYThe
town of the motor age."
The cul-de-sac (deadend)
residential streets are service
roads rather than traffic ways,
The house being reversed so
that the living rooms face on
the rear gardens with
pedestrian paths leading to
the continuous park space.

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 Neighborhood planning deals with a level of
planning greater than household size but smaller
than that of a city.
The neighborhood planning process has four
distinct phases

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A. Phase I Neighborhood Selection & Assessment
Phase I of the Neighborhood Planning Process
includes the following steps:

1) Neighborhood Selection:
Neighborhoods interested in being
designated/selected as the neighborhood to go
through the Community Neighborhood
Renaissance Program be selected annually
through an open competitive process.

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2) Defining the Neighborhood Boundaries:
The neighborhood planning area must not be
limited to areas in the neighborhood that are
experiencing problems; it must be inclusive enough
to deal with the neighborhood in a holistic manner.

3) Building the Neighborhood Planning Team (who will

participate):
In order for neighborhood planning to be effective
and meaningful, neighborhood residents must be
the key participants and decision makers in the
process.
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4) Neighborhood Assessment:
A neighborhood profile will be created based on
socio-economic, demographic, employment,
cultural, public safety statistics, infrastructure
inventory, and housing data.

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B. Phase II Plan Development Phase
Phase II of the neighborhood planning process is
the plan development phase. This phase will begin
as soon as the data-gathering phase is completed
or the neighborhood planning team is comfortable
that it has a good understanding of the
neighborhoods issues and concerns.

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Phase II of the Neighborhood Planning Process
includes the following steps in the Plan
Development Phase.
1) Definition/Refinement of Identified Needs
Data analyzation for thorough understanding of
the identified neighborhood.

This step in the process provides a clear

understanding of the neighborhoods current
position, and the value or importance residents
and business interests attach to the issues that
impact their neighborhood.

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2) Looking to the Future
In this step, the determination will be made as to how
the neighborhood wants to look
This process is often called visioning or goal setting.
Developing goals derived from the neighborhoods
vision serves as the foundation for the neighborhood
plan.
3) Plan Development
The primary focus of this step is the development of
recommendations for implementation of the goals
set previously in the process.
This includes written recommendations for actions to
taken to protect and/or improve the neighborhood
and to outline specific implementation strategies
and actions with cost projections
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4: Plan Support & Approval
The preliminary neighborhood renaissance plan will
be developed and approved by the
neighborhood planning team based on consensus.

The final neighborhood renaissance plan shall be

presented to neighborhood residents, business
owners and other interested parties to solicit their
support for the final product.

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B. Phase III Plan Implementation & Monitoring
To ensure timely implementation of the
neighborhood plan, the Neighborhood Steering
Committee and the Community Neighborhood
Renaissance Partnership will establish a monitoring
committee.
This committee will meet on a monthly basis for at
least one year after the initial adoption of the plan.

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C. Phase IV Evaluation
Changing conditions within a neighborhood and
the discovery of new opportunities and
implementation strategies could impact the
premise for the various recommendations in the
plan.
Neighborhood plans will be reviewed on a yearly
basis to ensure that they are accomplishing what
the neighborhoods set out to achieve and are
having the desired effects.

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Assignment 4
Take a city of your choice and provide the following:
Land use maps.
Growth model.
Functionally classify the road.
Dead line 26 May

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