Levinson, Daniel M. (2016) A Random Walk down Main Street. TeMA Journal of Land Use, Mobility and Environment, 9 (2). pp. 163-172. ISSN 1970-9870
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Abstract
US suburbs have often been characterized by their relatively low walk accessibility compared to more urban environments, and US urban environments have been characterized by low walk accessibility compared to cities in other countries. Lower overall density in the suburbs implies that activities, if spread out, would have a greater distance between them. But why should activities be spread out instead of developed contiguously? This brief research note builds a positive model for the emergence of contiguous development along “Main Street” to illustrate the trade-offs that result in the built environment we observe. It then suggests some policy interventions to place a “thumb on the scale” to choose which parcels will develop in which sequence to achieve socially preferred outcomes.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Accessibility; Land Use; Pedestrian |
| Subjects: | 700 Arti, Belle arti e Arti decorative > 710 Urbanistica e paesistica > 711 Urbanistica (Pianificazione territoriale) (Classificare le opere d'insieme su Urbanistica e Architettura in 720; classificare le opere interdisciplinari sull'Urbanistica in 307.12) |
| Depositing User: | Rosa Anna La Rocca |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Sep 2016 08:19 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Sep 2016 08:19 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/15135 |
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