New Urbanism
In the middle of afternoon, my boss suddenly said that now a new concept of ‘urban’ –he called new urbanism– become popular. Firstly, I wasn’t excited about this concept because I think it has the same meaning as sustainable urban development –people talk about that too much. But, I am still searching for this concept to find out this meaning, and I think this concept is worth it to know.
Based on http://www.newurbanism.org/, new urbanism promotes the creation and restoration of diverse, walkable, compact, vibrant, mixed-use communities composed of the same components as conventional development, but assembled in a more integrated fashion, in the form of complete communities. After I had skimmed this article, I can conclude that new urbanism tries to integrate all aspects. The spesification of new urbanism concept promotes the increased use of trains and light rail, instead of more highways and roads.
There are 10 principles of new urbanism: 1) Walkability, 2) Connectivity, 3) Mixed-Use & Diversity, 4) Mixed Housing, 5) Quality Architecture & Urban Design, 6) Traditional Neighborhood Structure, 7) Increased Density, 8) Smart Transportation, 9) Sustainability and 10) Quality of Life.
Next, I will describe more details this concept and the implementation in our country.
