EMERGING TRENDS

IN URBAN
PLANNING

TOPIC- NEW URABANISM

DONE BY
MOHAMMED LABEEB
RA1611201010054
ABSTRACT
• New urbanism is an urban design movement that became very popular
beginning in the 1980s and is still rapidly growing in influence. The goal of
new urbanists is to reform all aspects of real estate development
and urban planning. These include everything from permaculture to suburban
infill.
• New urbanism is a movement that started initially in the United States which
became popular all over the world over the last few decades. This is a
movement that promotes walkable and diverse neighborhoods that are
environmentally friendly. There are various key principles and elements that are
included in the concept of New Urbanism. Real estate planning and
development along with local government planning for the neighborhoods are
included in New Urbanism. New Urbanism is a concept that can be adopted by
real estate developers planning a single building or construction and New
Urbanism can be the guiding principle of planning and development of towns
and cities
INTRODUCTION
New Urbanism is increasingly applied to revitalize diverse
urban neighborhoods. New Urbanism relies on an ideal of
“community” that makes its suitability for these contexts
questionable. Here we will know about different principles for
New Urbanism and how does it works in a city, their
advantages and disadvantages and their progress in suburbs
 CONGRESS FOR NEW URBANISM
Congress for New Urbanism is the main body that organises the New Urbanism
movement. Andres Dunay and Elizabeth Plater – Zyberk, who are a couple, are the two
main founders of The Congress for New Urbanism. The movement promotes walkablity,
mixed-use neighbourhood, sustainable communities and healthier living conditions.  The
main principles of New Urbanism include:
• “Livable streets arranged in compact, walkable blocks.
• A range of housing choices to serve people of diverse ages and income levels.
• Schools, stores and other nearby destinations reachable by walking, bicycling or transit
service.
• An affirming, human-scaled public realm where appropriately designed buildings
define and enliven streets and other public spaces”
The practice of New Urbanism has spread across the world since its inception in 1993. It
was a way to suggest alternatives to sprawling communities. This is because the majority
of the middle class in America live in the sprawl and peripheries of cities rather than being
centrally located. Because their houses area located far away from the central city, there is
a need to be reliant on cars for transport because public transport is not reliable and
convenient for people, especially when they need to travel often for work and other
shopping purposes. New Urbanism criticizes the modernist practices of architecture and
planning that arose in America after WWII. They have transformed urban design principles
and have changed many cities in America into healthier and more accessible cities.
 GIVING PHYSICAL SHAPE TO COMMUNITY
• Across North America, and around the world, an urban
design movement called New Urbanism is changing the
way our cities and towns are built.

• New urbanist developments are walkable

neighborhoods , rather than large, single-use
places with streets hostile to pedestrians.
 GIVING PHYSICAL SHAPE TO COMMUNITY

• New Urbanism provides a range of housing choices,

from apartments over storefronts to single-family homes
with yards.

• Careful, participatory planning

ensures that everyone in the
neighborhood has easy access to the
necessities of life, making life easier
for kids, the elderly, and people who
don’t want to drive.
 RESPONSE TO A PROBLEM 
• Since World War II,
cities have been
spreading ever-outward.
Strip malls, parking
lots, highways, and
housing tracts have
sprawled over the
landscape.

•  Too many urban

neighborhoods have
been blighted by
oversized housing
projects and centralized
redevelopment schemes.

• Even older suburbs

have suffered as new
ones continue to spring
up, skimming off tax
base.
 WHAT’S OLD IN NEW URBANISM
• Many of the planning ideas
behind New Urbanism are
not new.

• New Urbanism Urban design

has been an art for millennia.

• Since America was founded,

many of our best-loved
towns and cities have been
carefully planned.
 WHERE IT’S NEEDED
• In fact, New Urbanism guides
development at all scales, from the
building to the region. New
Urbanism is often associated with
new towns such as Seaside, Florida.

• It includes sizable infill projects

within existing cities and towns.
Like in Bethesda, Maryland.

•  New Urbanism can be small

projects on individual blocks, like
the block on 8th and Pearl in
Boulder, Colorado.
 WHERE IT’S NEEDED
• It can also apply to redeveloped
neighborhoods like Park DuValle in
Louisville, Kentucky.

• New Urbanism includes greenfield projects, also

called traditional neighborhood developments
(TNDs). Maryland's Kentlands and Lakelands
are among the best-known.

• New Urbanists also take part in

regional planning. In New Jersey, a
statewide plan has focused public
investment into existing centers,
and a statewide design guideline is
helping keep the state’s small
towns vibrant.
 10 PRINCIPLES OF NEW URBANISM
The principles of the New Urbanism are defined
by a Charter, which was developed between 1993
and 1996 by a broad range of architects, planners,
interested citizens, scholars, elected officials, and
developers. It was ratified at the fourth annual
Congress, the annual meeting sponsored by CNU.

1. Walkability
Most needs are within a 10-minute walk of
home and work. Street design is friendly to
pedestrians, because buildings are close to the
street and have porches, windows, and doors.
Streets have lots of trees and on-street parking,
with parking lots and garages placed behind
buildings and houses, often connected to alleys.
Streets are narrow, which slows traffic
dramatically.
 10 PRINCIPLES OF NEW URBANISM

• 2. Connectivity
An interconnected street grid disperses
traffic and encourages walking.

3. Mixed-Use and Diversity

Neighborhoods, blocks, and buildings
offer a mix of shops, offices, apartments,
and homes.
The neighborhoods welcome people of all
ages, income levels, cultures, and races.
 10 PRINCIPLES OF NEW URBANISM

4. Mixed Housing
Zoning allows the close proximity of a wide range of
housing types, sizes, and prices.

5. Quality Architecture and Urban Design

Buildings emphasize beauty, aesthetics, and comfort
and establish a sense of place; public spaces function
as civic art, establishing an attractive, quality public
realm.
 10 PRINCIPLES OF NEW URBANISM

6. Traditional Neighborhood
Structure
Neighborhoods have definite centers
and edges, with public spaces near
the center. Each neighborhood
contains a range of uses and densities
within a 10-minute walk.

7. Increased Density
Buildings, residences, shops, and
services are close together to make
walking more convienient, services
and resources more efficient, and
living areas more enjoyable.
 10 PRINCIPLES OF NEW URBANISM

8. Smart Transportation
A network of high-quality public transit
connects cities, towns, and neighborhoods,
while pedestrian-friendly design encourages
more use of bicycles, rollerblades, scooters, and
walking as daily transportation.

9. Sustainability
The community uses respect for natural systems
and eco-friendly technologies like energy
efficiency to minimize effects on the
environment. The community connects strongly
with surrounding farmland, encouraging land
preservation and local food consumption.
 

10. Quality of Life

These design principles produce a life that is
well worth living by providing places that
enrich, uplift, and inspire the human spirit.
 EARLY EFFORTS
• The first new urbanist town to get
built from the ground up was
Seaside, on the Florida coast.

• Between 1985 and 1993, several more large-scale

projects were undertaken in America’s fast-
growing suburbs. Kentlands and Laguna West
were two of the best-known and most ambitious
efforts. Laguna West, CA Kentlands, MD

•  In the early 1990s, the movement

was often termed “neo-traditional”
planning. However, that term was a
misnomer. As the New Urbanism
evolved, its proponents recognized
that good urbanism is possible with
many types of architecture, town
layouts, and densities.
 PROGRESS IN THE SUBURBS 

• New urbanist architects, planners, and

developers continue to work on suburban and
new town communities; they are now under
construction in most states of the U.S. and in
other countries from the Philippines to Finland.

• Suburbs have not been immune to decline.

As places they often engender even less
loyalty than older cities. Today's suburbs
can be as impersonal as the large gray cities
of the past, and traffic has proved worse.
 PROGRESS IN THE SUBURBS 

• Suburbs provide fertile ground for new

urbanists, who are increasingly interested in
infill projects, housing project redevelopment,
and retrofitting town centers into existing
suburbs.

• In new suburban developments, new

urbanists are including an ever-wider
range of architectural styles. While
many new urbanist developments have
been built with colonial-style
architecture, recent projects include
neighborhoods of contemporary
homes and adobe.
 CITIES GET IT
• In 1990, most older American cities were
neglected and deteriorating. New home
buyers were almost exclusively interested in
living on the urban fringe.

• Today, young childless households and

empty nesters are jostling for urban real
estate. Urban reinvestment is paying off.
Older cities have become America’s hottest
real estate markets.

• New urbanists have been taking part in urban

redevelopment for years, and are now part of
the comprehensive movement for livable
cities. Projects include neighborhood plans,
loft redevelopment, transit villages, and the
revival of aging Main Streets.
 OTHER SUCCESSES
• The U.S. Department of Housing and
Urban Development has taken New
Urbanism to heart with its HOPE VI
program. HOPE VI replaces aging,
alienating housing projects with
townhouses, single-family homes, and
apartments on walkable, comfortable
street grids.
• Meanwhile, the U.S. General Services Administration
— the federal government’s landlord and the nation’s
largest developer — has adopted a new urbanist
agenda. Where in the past federal buildings have not
always fit in with their surroundings, the GSA has
dedicated itself to using federal investments to
improve streets, neighborhoods, and regions.

•  Dead mall redevelopment: Malls built in

the 1960s, 70s, and even 80s are already
failing in cities and older suburbs. But
with the help of new urbanists, some are
being converted into real neighborhoods.
 CONCLUSION

 Good design should be, at a minimum, allowed; hopefully

encouraged; ideally required.
 Many zoning practices from the 1950s and 60s, which remain in
place today, mandate bad design.
 Bad zoning and other bad government regulations have led to many
of the problems communities are facing today.
 Good urban design, a solid transit system, and sound planning are
matters of public health.
 Market has responded to government regulations and provided vast
tracts of isolated large-lot single-family homes and strip malls; we
need to make “traditional” neighborhoods legal again and give people
a choice in where they can live and how they move around our cities.