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Can ‘New Urbanism’ Bring Health to Your Neighborhood?

Author: Rachel Pomerance Berl
Outlet: U.S. News & World Reports
Published: June 7, 2012
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There’s a movement afoot to make America’s neighborhoods healthier. Help yours with these five tips.

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Monday, July 10th, 2017 at 3:09pm
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Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 at 8:48am
The mall is dead. Or is it? What would you do if you owned a mall? Here are some options, shops optional https://t.co/rvsJUqSeL1 via @WSJ
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Friday, May 12th, 2017 at 9:01am
@BrentToderian @NewUrbanism @unhabitatyouth @APA_Planning @CIP_ICU @AdaptableSuburb Neighborhood structure is key for good design in the suburbs-it encompasses all features u mention but pedestrian shed should be emphasized
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Friday, May 5th, 2017 at 9:55am
Peter Muños @Biohabitats describes a retrofit project in Portland w/ variety of green infrastructure tools-rain gardens, green roofs #CNU25 https://t.co/qnccH6l48A
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Leo Chow: Open spaces retrofitted not only for social function but also repaired incrementally into complete hydrological systems #CNU25 https://t.co/DnP867EVIZ
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Sprawl Repair Manual

Sprawl remains the prevailing growth pattern across the United States, even though experts in planning, economics and environmental issues have long denounced it as wasteful, inefficient, and unsustainable. Sprawl is a principal cause of lost open space and natural habitat as well as increases in air and water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, infrastructure costs, and even obesity. It also plays a primary role in the housing meltdown plaguing the nation. But is it possible to repair sprawling suburbs and create more livable, robust, and eco-sensitive communities where they do not now exist? This new book answers with a resounding "yes" and provides a toolbox of creative approaches for doing just that. The Sprawl Repair Manual offers comprehensive guidance for transforming fragmented, isolated and car-dependent development into "complete communities." Polemical as well as practical, the manual is designed to equip readers - from professional planners, designers, and developers to regulators and concerned citizens - with strategies drawn from two decades of successful repair projects. In contrast to sprawl - characterized by an abundance of congested highways, strip development, and gated cul-de-sac subdivisions - complete communities are diverse in terms of uses, transportation options, and population. They are walkable, with most daily needs close by. There is a wealth of research and literature explaining the origins and problems of suburban sprawl, as well as the urgent need to repair it. However, the Sprawl Repair Manual is the first book to provide a step-by-step design, regulatory, and implementation process. From the scale of the region to the building - turning subdivisions into walkable neighborhoods, shopping centers and malls into town centers, and more - today's sprawl can be saved. Readers who have despaired of ever being able to "take back the suburbs" will find heartening news between the covers of this first-of-its-kind book.
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Sprawl Repair ManualFriday, June 10th, 2016 at 5:17pm
Important findings by Michael Pastor: US shifting from a demographic pyramid to a dem. cylinder, more older than younger population #CNU24
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Sprawl Repair ManualFriday, June 10th, 2016 at 5:09pm
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Detroit is full of Level of Service A streets. Doesn't help their economy.

#CNU24 #transpo https://t.co/YCCjMaZo4q
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Sprawl Repair ManualFriday, June 10th, 2016 at 5:08pm
Retweeted Hazel Borys (@hborys):

When you change the streets, you change the world. @JSadikKhan #streetfight #CNU24
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Sprawl Repair ManualFriday, June 10th, 2016 at 5:01pm
Retweeted Jennifer Garcia (@Garcia_Design):

Do not doubt the power and intelligence of the community ~ Scot Spenser #CNU24
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Sprawl Repair ManualFriday, June 10th, 2016 at 2:57pm
Retweeted Edward Erfurt (@Edward_Erfurt):

In NY we created 400 miles of bike lanes - @JSadikKhan #CNU24 #streetfight
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Sprawl Repair ManualFriday, June 10th, 2016 at 2:57pm
Retweeted lorinewton (@lorinewton):

Redesigning our streets for people requires people who care and people who dare. @JSadikKhan #CNU24
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