The City’s Form and Function – 2014

The city’s form and function based on sustainable urbanism is an urbanist town with its balance of social, economic and physical assets. The two trains of thought that have merge to provide a useful basis for city development are sustainability and urbanism. Sustainability theory tells us to balance the social, economic and physical attributes of the town in an equitable manner. urbanism tells us to constitute our cities with a connected, mixed-use approach to neighborhoods, centers, corridors, open space and infrastructure. This essay examines the ideas behind the sustainability approach based on urbanist principles as they apply to small cities and towns. The call goes out to enlarge the city’s long-range plan to make it truly comprehensive by expanding its scope to include a Social Infrastructure Plan and an Economic Development Plan along with the traditional Physical Development Plan. Community participation, systems thinking, comprehensive long-range planning and principles for good governance complete the portfolio of ideas necessary to plan the form and function for a character town.

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