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Concepts of Neo-Urbanism
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
 What is Neo-Urbanism?
It is an urban design movement
which promotes environmentally
friendly habits by creating
walkable neighbourhoods
containing a wide range of
housing and job types.
It encourages the increased use
of trains and light rail, instead of
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more highways and roads.
Urban living is rapidly becoming
the new modern way to live for
people of all ages.
It is promotes the creating and
restoration of diverse, compact,
vibrant, mix-used communities
composed of the same components
as conventional development, but
assembled in a more integrated
fashion, in the form of complete
communities.
It is an international movement to
reform the design of the built
environment, and is about raising
quality of life and standard of living
by creating better places to live.
These contains housing, work
places, shops, entertainment,
schools, parks, and civic facilities
essential to the daily lives of the
residents, all within easy walking
distance of each other.
It is also the revival of our lost
art of place-making, and is
essentially a re-ordering of the
built environment into the from
of complete cities, towns,
villages, and neighbourhoods.
 The ten concepts of
neo-urbanism

WALKABILITY CONNECTIVITY MIXED-USE & diversity MIXED HOUSING

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QUALITY OF ARCHITECTURE & URBAN DESIGN TRADITIONAL NEIGHBOURHOOD STRUCTURE

INCREASED DENSITY SMART TRANSPORTATION SUSTAINABILITY QUALITY OF LIFE

 1.) WALKABILITY
 Most things within a
10-minute walk of
home and work
 Pedestrian friendly
street design
(buildings close to
street, porches,
windows & doors;
tree-lined streets; on
street parking; hidden
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parking lots; garages

in rear lane; narrow,
slow speed streets)
 Pedestrian streets
free of cars in special
cases
 2.) connectivity

 High quality
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 Interconnected street pedestrian network

 A hierarchy of narrow grid network and public realm
streets, boulevards, and disperses traffic & makes walking
alleys ease s walking pleasurable
 3.) Mixed-use and diversity
 A mix of shops,
offices,
apartments, and
homes on site.
Mixed-use
within
neighbourhoods
within blocks
and within
buildings.
 Diversity of
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people – of all
ages, income
levels, cultures,
orientation,
races, and
religion.
 4.) Mixed housing
 A range of
houses and
dwelling
units in terms
of types,
sizes and
prices in
closer
proximity
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 5.) Quality of architecture
& urban design
 Emphasis on beauty, aesthetics, human comfort,
and creating a sense of place; special placement of
civic uses and sites within community. Human
scale architecture & beautiful surroundings
nourish human spirit
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 6.) Traditional neighbourhood
structure
 Discernable center and
edge
 Public space at center
 Importance of quality
public realm; public open
space designed as civic
art
 Contains a range of uses
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and densities within a 10-

minute walk
 Transect planning:
highest densities at town
centers; progressively less
dense towards the edge.
 7.) Increased density
 More buildings, residences, shops, and services closer together for ease of walking, to enable a more
efficient use of services and resources, and to create a more convenient, enjoyable place to live.
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 8.) Smart transportation

 A network of high-quality trains

connecting cities, towns, and
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neighbourhoods.
 Pedestrian-friendly design that
encourages use of bicycles, rollerblades,
scooters, and walking as daily means of
transportation.
 9.) sustainability

 Minimal environment impact of

development and its operations
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 Eco-friendly technologies, respect for

ecology and value of natural systems
 Energy efficiency
 Less use of finite fuels
 More walking, less driving
 10.) Quality of life
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 Taken together, these add up to a high

quality of life worth living, and create
places that enrich, uplift, and inspire
human spirit
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