Keys to making urban growth boundaries work as a planning tool for controlling sprawl in US cities were identified in a session in the recent American Planning Association conference. Examples of urban growth boundaries were presented from Portland, Oregon; King County, Washington; and Denver.
Messages were that the boundaries are flexible and negotiable; they succed where there is political support for steering growth to urban centres where there is scope for redevelopent and infill. Incentives can also be goven to those outside the boundaries. For a full discussion of the three examples click here.
Schreibe einen Kommentar