PRINCIPLES OF URBANISM.pptVIP

PRINCIPLES OF URBANISM The principles of urbanism can be applied increasingly to projects at the full range of scales from a single building to an entire community. 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 parking lots; garages in rear lane; narrow, slow speed streets) -Pedestrian streets free of cars in special cases 2. Connectivity -Interconnected street grid network disperses traffic eases walking-A hierarchy of narrow stre