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Article: New Urbanist projects get real: attention to detail critical in translating the vision, experts insist.(Local Planning)
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- California Planning & Development Report
- Article date:
- January 1, 2005
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For a variety of reasons, ranging from real estate prices to market demand to planning trends, New Urbanist projects are becoming more common in California. But the execution of these projects--the on-the-ground-reality--is spotty. Translating the New Urbanist planning vision into real developments appears to take an extraordinary attention to detail, and a good measure of faith.
The execution problems may not be inherent in the design principles of New Urbanism. Rather, they may lie with expectations. Many people, whether they consider themselves urbanists or not, often expect more of a New Urbanist project than they do of a run-of-the-mill suburban housing ...
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