The Neighborhood, the District and the Corridor

نویسندگان

  • Andres Duany
  • Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk
چکیده

The fundamental organizing elements of the New Urbanism are the neighborhood, the district and the corridor. Neighborhoods are urbanized areas with a balanced mix of human activity; districts are areas dominated by a single activity; corridors are connectors and separators of neighborhoods and districts. A single neighborhood standing free in the landscape is a village. Cities and towns are made up ofmultiple neighborhoods and districts, or­ ganized by corridors of transportation or open space. Neighborhoods, districts and corridors are urban elements. By contrast, suburbia, which is the result ofzoning laws that separate uses, is composed ofpods, highways and inter­ stitial spaces.

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تاریخ انتشار 2008