Site Design for Multifamily Housing Creating Livable, Connected Neig
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 d
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Nico Larco Kristin Kelsey and Amanda West
Site Design for Multifamily Housing
Site Design for Multifamily Housing Creating Livable, Connected Neighborhoods
By Nico Larco, Kristin Kelsey, and Amanda West
Washington | Covelo | London
Copyright © 2014 Nico Larco All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher: Island Press, 2000 M Street NW, Suite 650, Washington, DC 20036. Island Press is a trademark of The Center for Resource Economics. Library of Congress Control Number: 2013956121 Printed on recycled, acid-free paper Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 KEYWORDS: bicycle and pedestrian access, bicycle facilities, building massing and orientation, edges, mixed-use development, multifamily site design, open space and landscape design, parking, pedestrian network, street design, street network, suburban commercial development, suburban retrofits
Funding Support Provided By: Oregon Transportation Research & Education Consortium
Acknowledgements We would like to thank the Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC) for funding the research that led to the development of this book. We would also like to thank the students and staff of the Community Planning Workshop (CPW) that contributed to much of this earlier research. This includes Robert Parker (CPW Director), Bethany Steiner (CPW Associate Director), Barry Gordon, Kevin Belanger, Emma Pachuta, and Becky Rottenstein. We also want to thank the architecture students that helped with the communication and presentation of this material including Joe Holm, Will Krzymowski, and Rebecca Mann. We are very thankful for the reviews and comments on earlier versions of this book that we received from Doug Bencks, Howard Davis, Ann Delaney, Rebeca Guerra, Susan Handy, Rachel Ferdaszewski, Roger Hawk, Scot Hein, Kent Jennings, Allen Lowe, Shelia Lyons, Lauren McGuire, Steve Oulman, Steve Pesci, John Rowell, Marc Schlossberg, Patricia Thomas, Anne Vernez-Moudon, and Greg Winterowd. We also received extremely helpful comments from a number of individuals who reviewed this manuscript for Island Press. All of this feedback and guidance was tremendously helpful and cannot be overstated. That said, any shortcomings of this book lay firmly on our own shoulders. This work was part of a research project conducted through the Sustainable Cities Initiative (SCI) at the University of Oregon. We are thankful to the faculty and staff of SCI that help make that organization a leader on issues of sustainability and livability. Finally, we would like to thank the staff and editors at Island Press, especially Heather Boyer and Courtney Lix whose diligent attention and guidance helped shepherd this project to its completion.
Contents Acknowledgements
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Introduction
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Site Design Criteria
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Pedestrian Network Street Network Access Points Edges Parking St
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