Topic – Suburbs
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ULI emphasizes planning, not development, during downturn
Developers discuss roles
At the ULI fall meeting, developers discussed how to participate in planning and work with local governments to create better developments.
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Are Asian populations reshaping suburbia?
New focus on higher density
In some suburban areas, the push for walkable, higher-density development may be a response to the sensibilities of booming Asian populations.
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Growth rate increasing in cities, decreasing in suburbs
Houston grows 1.5% in 2008
Growth rates have doubled in urban areas and decreased by nearly one-third in the suburbs, reflecting "a blend of choice and circumstance."
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Community and place even more important in the Internet age
Focus turns to urban centers
As our work lives become increasingly web-based, more people are seeking out home lives in more socially-connected urban centers and downtowns.
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Is suburban America ready to go car-free?
Density and transit a must
Urban planners, developers, and other experts provide their thoughts on where and how car-free suburban planning might work (and has worked) in the US.
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Robert Lang & Lawrence Levy
Suburbs are key part of Metros
Office of Urban Policy should include suburbs
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Virginia: build grids, not cul-de-sacs
State approves sweeping reform
State requires new subdivisions to build narrower streets and improve connectivity, or else it will not maintain the roadways.
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Major slowdown in migration to outer DC suburbs
Inner burbs growing faster
The pattern of steady population movement from Washington DC’s inner suburbs to less expensive homes in its outer suburbs over…
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David Crossley
Is the City of Houston shrinking?
Richard Florida
The limits of density
Kaid Benfield
New housing forecast mostly good for walkable communities
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