New Urbanism | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 07/05/2019

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00:02:28 1 Background
00:07:37 2 Defining elements
00:10:07 3 Terminology
00:14:10 4 Organizations
00:18:26 5 Film
00:19:40 6 Criticism
00:23:22 7 Examples
00:23:31 7.1 United States
00:24:57 7.1.1 University Place in Memphis
00:25:48 7.1.2 The Cotton District
00:26:24 7.1.3 Seaside
00:27:20 7.1.4 Mueller Community
00:28:16 7.1.5 Stapleton
00:28:55 7.1.6 San Antonio
00:29:45 7.1.7 Mountain House
00:30:19 7.1.8 Mesa del Sol
00:31:04 7.1.9 I'On
00:31:59 7.1.10 Haile Plantation
00:32:49 7.1.11 Celebration, Florida
00:33:37 7.1.12 Jersey City
00:34:30 7.1.13 Old York Village, Chesterfield Township, New Jersey
00:35:52 7.1.14 Civita
00:37:22 7.1.15 Del Mar Station
00:38:20 7.1.16 Norfolk VA East Beach
00:38:59 7.2 Other countries
00:40:50 7.2.1 Europe
00:42:42 7.2.2 Americas
00:44:04 7.2.3 Asia
00:44:22 7.2.4 Africa
00:45:17 7.2.5 Australia
00:47:17 8 See also



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New Urbanism is an urban design movement which promotes environmentally friendly habits by creating walkable neighborhoods containing a wide range of housing and job types. It arose in the United States in the early 1980s, and has gradually influenced many aspects of real estate development, urban planning, and municipal land-use strategies.
New Urbanism is strongly influenced by urban design practices that were prominent until the rise of the automobile prior to World War II; it encompasses ten basic principles such as traditional neighborhood design (TND) and transit-oriented development (TOD). These ideas can all be circled back to two concepts: building a sense of community and the development of ecological practices.

The organizing body for New Urbanism is the Congress for the New Urbanism, founded in 1993. Its foundational text is the Charter of the New Urbanism, which begins:

We advocate the restructuring of public policy and development practices to support the following principles: neighborhoods should be diverse in use and population; communities should be designed for the pedestrian and transit as well as the car; cities and towns should be shaped by physically defined and universally accessible public spaces and community institutions; urban places should be framed by architecture and landscape design that celebrate local history, climate, ecology, and building practice.
New Urbanists support: regional planning for open space; context-appropriate architecture and planning; adequate provision of infrastructure such as sporting facilities, libraries and community centres; and the balanced development of jobs and housing. They believe their strategies can reduce traffic congestion by encouraging the population to ride bikes, walk, or take the train. They also hope that this set up will increase the supply of affordable housing and rein in suburban sprawl. The Charter of the New Urbanism also covers issues such as historic preservation, safe streets, green building, and the re-development of brownfield land. The ten Principles of Intelligent Urbanism also phrase guidelines for new urbanist approaches.
Architecturally, new urbanist developments are often accompanied by New Classical, postmodern, or vernacular styles, although that is not always the case.