Defining Suburbs

Forsyth, Ann

doi:10.1177/0885412212448101

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“…v i This lack of clarity is of course not only a problem with the term walkability. Other reviews have found similar problems with the terms "community," "culture," and "neighborhood" in sociology and "suburbs" within urban studies (Hillery 1955;Williams 1976;Chaskin 1997;Forsyth 2012).…”

Section: Final Thoughtsmentioning

confidence: 99%

What is a walkable place? The walkability debate in urban design

2015

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What exactly is meant by the term "walkability"? In professional, research, and public debates the term is used to refer to several quite different kinds of phenomena. Some discussions focus on environmental features or means of making walkable environments, including areas being traversable, compact, physically-enticing, and safe. Others deal with outcomes potentially fostered by such environments, such as making places lively, enhancing sustainable transportation options, and inducing exercise. Finally some use the term walkability as a proxy for better design whether composed of multiple, measurable dimensions or providing a holistic solution to urban problems. This review both problematizes the idea of walkability and proposes a conceptual framework distinguishing these definitions. This matters for urban design, because what is considered a walkable place varies substantially between definitions leading to substantially different designs. By mapping the range of definitions, this review highlights potential conflicts been forms of walkability.

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Section: Final Thoughtsmentioning

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What is a walkable place? The walkability debate in urban design

2015

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“…They may also include new towns or garden suburbs with a strong high tech component such as Irvine in Southern California (Forsyth, 2005). 5.…”

Section: High Technology District Typesmentioning

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“…(Fishman, 1987, 184) Not all work on postsuburbia focused on industry and employment, but may rather deal with a growing cosmopolitan flavor in suburban areas or a better mix of housing and work (Lang et al, 2005;Phelps and Wood 2011). For those defining suburbs by their location in the metropolis rather than residential character, and therefore less concerned about the term "postsuburban", these debates still contribute a focus on suburban employment areas (Forsyth, 2012). High technology has both enabled general deconcentration but also provided distinctive, if hardly unique, environments.…”

Section: Why Does This Matter? Postsuburbia or Diverse Suburbia?mentioning

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Alternative Forms of the High-Technology District: Corridors, Clumps, Cores, Campuses, Subdivisions, and Sites

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2014

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

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Does a high-tech economy create fundamentally different places to other employment areas? This paper proposes a typology of small to medium scale high technology districts in terms of their physical environments rather than their economic features (which is the more common basis of such classifications). It defines a set of recognizable high tech places: corridors, clumps, cores, comprehensive campuses, tech subdivisions, and scattered tech sites. It argues that there are many overlaps in design and layout with generic urban industrial and office development, and with planned new towns, university campuses, and garden suburbs. However, as this part of the economy grows, so too will the effect of such places on long-term urban sustainability and livability. It is important that planning and design for such developments considers larger effects on issues such as transportation options, energy use, housing balance, and sense of place. P. 3 ALTERNATIVE FORMS OF THE HIGH TECHNOLOGY DISTRICT: CORRIDORS, CLUMPS, CORES, CAMPUSES, SUBDIVISIONS, AND SITES Forming High Tech PlacesThe second half of the twentieth century brought a number of major world changes. Women's roles evolved; environmental damage increased; the world economy became increasingly linked through flows of money, goods, and information; and high technology industries became major economic players (Castells 1997;. This latter change, emerging high tech industries, has produced a set of gadgets and modes of communication that have infiltrated most parts of the human environment. The places where people design and build these devices and programs have also become an important part of the urban landscape. Are these high-tech production environments fundamentally different places to other employment areas at the scale of the district? This paper proposes a typology of six types of small to medium scale high technology districts in terms of their physical environments rather than their economic features:

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“…Instead, researchers and planners must come to terms with a variety of planning frameworks and approaches. Broadly speaking, suburban homes tend to be either built: (i) systematically, to the specifications of the owner, or indeed by the owner over time; or (ii) by developers and builders on the neighborhood, municipal, or regional scale (Forsyth, 2012). Hence, these two approaches echo the two most prominent planning methodologies, respectively, the pragmatic-incrementalist, where suburbs are allowed to expand spontaneously, and the rational-comprehensive approach, through which suburban areas are master-planned as neighbourhoods or communities (Rosenhead, 1980).…”

Section: Theories Of Suburban Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%