Site Design for Multifamily Housing : Creating Livable, Connected Neighborhoods. 1st ed. 2014

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by Nico Larco, Kristin Kelsey, Amanda West

出版情報:

Washington, DC : Island Press/Center for Resource Economics : Imprint: Island Press, 2014

著者名:

• Larco, Nico.
• Kelsey, Kristin.
• West, Amanda.
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ISBN:

9781610915458 [1610915453]    

注記:

Site Design Criteria. 1. Pedestrian Network -- 2. Street Network -- 3. Access Points -- 4. Edges -- 5. Parking -- 6. Street Design -- 7. Building Massing & Orientation -- 8. Open Space & Landscape Design -- 9. Bicycles -- 10. Relationships -- Project Profiles. Heron Meadows - Eugene, Oregon. Cherry Orchard - Sunnyvale, California. Colonial Grand - Huntersville, North Carolina. Sheldon Village - Eugene, Oregon -- Project Retrofits. Riviera Village - Eugene, Oregon. Villas at Union Hills - Phoenix, Arizona -- Project Checklist -- Code Guide -- Code Guide Appendix. Arlington, Virginia. San Jose, California. Eugene, Oregon. Huntersville, North Carolina. Asheville, North Carolina -- Image Credits.
The United States is over eighty percent urbanized, yet over half of the population still lives in suburban settings, characterized by low-density, automobile-dependent development with separated land uses. These disconnected and isolated models of development have been linked to increased greenhouse-gas emissions and reduced quality of life, health, and social connections. In Site Design for Multifamily Housing: Creating Livable, Connected Neighborhoods, the authors explain that creating more livable and vital communities is within reach and the design and development of multifamily housing is a key component to reaching this goal. Multifamily housing is an important component of increasing density, but large lot multifamily developments often lack connectivity and hence limit livability and walkability. Multifamily housing in suburban areas presents greater challenges than in urban areas due in part to larger lot sizes and street patterns that are often a mix of cul-de-sac, curved, looped, and dead-end stre

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