Sustainable nation : urban design patterns for the future

398 Pages·2018·199.294 MB·English

by  Farr, Douglas

SUSTAINABLE
NATION

SUSTAINABLE
NATION:
URBAN DESIGN
PATTERNS FOR
THE FUTURE
DOUGLAS FARR
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Farr, Douglas, author.
Title: Sustainable nation : urban design patterns for the future / by
Douglas Farr.
Description: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2018] | Includes
index. |
Identii ers: LCCN 2017024943 (print) | LCCN 2017037603 (ebook) | ISBN
9781118417911 (pdf) | ISBN 9781118415351 (epub) | ISBN 9780470537176
(cloth)
Subjects: LCSH: Sustainable urban development. | City planning--Environmental
aspects. | Urban ecology (Sociology) | Urban health.
Classii cation: LCC HT241 (ebook) | LCC HT241 .F37 2018 (print) | DDC
307.1/216--dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017024943
Printed in the United States of America
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To the loving memory of my parents,

Edwin Allen Farr and Doris Ingrid Magnuson Farr.

CONTENTS

Foreword | xi
5: Time | 92

Janette Sadik-Khan An Urgent Pivot that Falls on Our

Preface | xiii
Watch | 93

Mature Changelines | 100

Acknowledgments | xviii

Emergent Changelines | 102

PART ONE:

6: Acceleration Strategies | 116

Our Default World

How We Can Attain Our Preferred

1: Where We Are | 5
Future in Four Generations | 117

Civilization Timeline | 5
How We Perceive Change | 118

Global h reats | 6
How Markets Inl uence Change | 124

National h reats | 8
Campaigns | 125

Global Barriers | 10
Communities and Networks of

Practice | 128

National Barriers | 12

Pilgrimage Sites | 135

Global Progress | 14

Professional Ethics and Liability | 136

National Progress | 16

2: Case Studies: The Future
PART FOUR:

Ahead of Schedule | 24
The Practice of Change

Why patterns? | 146

PART TWO:

Our Preferred Future
7: Collective Effervescence | 148

Build strong relationships between

3: Where We Want to Go | 68

people and place through hope and

A World Advancing Together | 69
hard work | 150

India | 74
Mary Nelson, PhD
China | 75
Use participatory art to connect to your

Nigeria | 76
neighbor’s humanity | 152

Kareeshma Ali
United States | 77

Every neighborhood needs an anchor

house, magnetized to attract assets and

PART THREE:
demonstrate possibility | 154

Theory of Change
Isis Ferguson
4: Igniting Community | 82
Transform every public space into a

welcoming place | 156

Making “More Perfect”

Fred Kent
Communities | 83

Are We h ere Yet? | 84

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Increase “expressive surface area” in Let district governance unfold

cities and make a place for over time | 192

creative ecology to l ourish! | 158 Daniel Slone
Steven Raspa
9: A Theater of Life | 196
Celebrate life with immersive
People need an identii able spatial unit
community events guided by the
to belong to | 198
principles of Burning Man | 160
Emily Talen, PhD
Steve Raspa
Maximize contact between
Create a unique and visible food culture
communities of interest by designing
in every neighborhood | 162
Janine de la Salle, MA, MCIP, RPP third places | 202
Aly Andrews
Use seasonal landscaping to connect
Provide microunit housing in a
humans with nature, and with each
“two-hour neighborhood,” with a
other | 168
Steve Nygren nearby grocery, park, and indoor third
place | 204
8: Self-Governing Patrick Kennedy
Neighborhoods | 172 Turn strangers into neighbors by
Truly great neighborhoods dream, diversifying dwelling types in each
make aspirational plans, and implement building | 206
them over time | 174 Stefanos Polyzoides, Vinayak Bharne
Alicia Daniels Uhlig Mix building types within every
Maintain the health of your block | 208
neighborhood by holding annual Daniel Parolek
planning checkups | 176 Each building should have one

Jessica Millman architectural style | 210

Plan land use changes via a design Steve Nygren
charrette process that includes robust
10: Vibrant Density | 212
input and at least three feedback
loops | 178 h e “sweet spot” in a sustainable urban
Bill Lennertz fabric is four to eight stories | 214
Jason F. McLennan
Conduct an annual “tactical intervention”
that re-envisions how underutilized Buildings should comprise a visible
space can promote prosperity | 180 base, a middle no more than seven
Mike Lydon stories tall, and a top | 216
Steve Mouzon
Make large on-the-ground changes fast
through clear vision, demonstration, Make housing more af ordable and
and measurement | 184 proi table by reducing and separating
Janette Sadik-Khan, Seth Solomonow parking | 218
John G. Ellis, AIA, RIBA, Mohammad
Fill the gap in neighborhood
Momin
governance by creating an innovative
Urban parking should be considered
business improvement district that
temporary and designed to
includes residences | 187
Jamie Simone, AICP, LEED-AP be redevelopment-ready | 222
Douglas Farr
Build immunity to gentrii cation | 189
Antwi Akom, Tessa Cruz, Aekta Shah Build higher-density housing consistent
with the average market potential: 100%
Treat light poles as valuable public
in downtowns; 80% in in-towns; and
assets able to support advanced data in
46% in outskirts | 224
the future | 191
Todd Zimmerman, Laurie Volk,
Nancy Clanton, P.E.
Christopher Volk-Zimmerman
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