Out With The New, In With The Old

29 August 2002 - 12:00pm

Traditionalist developers to meet, discuss 'new urbanism' and livable communities.

"Builders, urban planners, developers, architects and civic leaders from around the country will converge in the "Carolina Low Country" to attend the National Association of Home Builders' Traditional Neighborhood Design Seminar and Project Tour... In addition to covering issues such as land planning, financing, architectural design, and marketing, the event also will provide attendees with the chance tour some of the area's award-winning TND communities."

Source: Inman News, August 28, 2002
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All of that only scratches the surface of what's wrong with this study. The idea that complex urban development patterns and human behavior can be meaningfully studied according to one primary criteria — density — is wrong from the start.