Is New Urbanism Living Up To Its Name?

5 December 2001 - 8:00am

The editor of Landscape Architecture says that many NU projects fall short of their promise in site selection.

"The area where many NU projects--including such flagship projects as Seaside and Celebration in Florida--fall short is in their site selection. Too often, they are built on "greenfield" sites far outside the nearest urban center. This means that getting to work, or in some cases even buying groceries, requires as much use of private cars as in a conventional subdivision."

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Source: American Society Of Landscape Architects, December 4, 2001
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Its very unsuitability for an urban center justifies its current usage as a suburban or ex-urban pattern.