One approach that many foreign cities have taken with the "mixed-use" concept, is multiple uses within a single building. We often see this example in older US cities like New York, Boston and parts of Philadelphia. Shops and businesses on the ground floor, with apartments above. In larger buildings, such as 9+ floors, there could be offices on some floors above the retail. Also, as the narrator mentions, keeping everything within walking distance makes a huge improvement. Some of my favorite examples of this is in older European cities such as Dortmund, Dresden, Avignon and Sevastopol.
@OrthoArchitectDU11 жыл бұрын
Walkability changes with the type of community you have. Typically, people will only walk 1/4 mile. But if it's a nice urban area, they would be willing to walk 1/2 a mile, 3/4 a mile, a mile, or more. I spent some time in a small city in Greece, and I walked 3/4 of a mile to and from my destination everyday and thought nothing of it. One day I walked for several miles through town without an issue, and even the elderly people were walking longer distances.
@mab4fun9 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this information Robert. I would like to study urban planning because I just discovered that this is my passion.
@marialinguist9 жыл бұрын
I got interested in this topic after I finish "The Devil in the White City". Much appreciated for this video :)
@john-markraddatz530810 жыл бұрын
Undo zoning restrictions and allow commercial, office space and housing to be in the same neighbourhood.
@jordansage96556 жыл бұрын
Zoning laws. Ubiquitous beuracratic idiocy at its finest.
@vatnidd11 жыл бұрын
I watch these videos in order to build a good SimCity city
@byron916mauck11 ай бұрын
Me too...haa I play simcity4 deluxe
@johnleonardelli_VE3IPS11 жыл бұрын
Walkways or sidewalks that feature trees also help reduce carbon dioxide and helps filter pollutants and provide shade on hot days.
@vultschlange6 жыл бұрын
And keeping an overall better mood.
@bronwyngreen1195 жыл бұрын
I like the way you've used illustrations for this video.
@Ishbu1019 жыл бұрын
This is what I want to do with my life. I'm having a phone interview with the Dean of public affairs because I want to change majors
@ihaveaname78854 жыл бұрын
So, how’d it work out?
@Ishbu1014 жыл бұрын
@Shari Akins Graduated with a planning degree last year.
@Ishbu1014 жыл бұрын
@@ihaveaname7885 Graduated with a planning degree last year.
@ihaveaname78854 жыл бұрын
Ishbu101 hooray!
@clarinetowl75544 жыл бұрын
@Ishbu101 kudos
@mustafaalhashmi44048 жыл бұрын
the walkability is a smaaaall part of urban planning Two years and I'll be urban planner
@guneshelizade50815 жыл бұрын
Same here
@Southpaw1286 жыл бұрын
i find it funny how the leading argument against smart growth initiatives is that it increases property value to the point that makes it uninhabitable by lower income groups. This is because one: people want to live in those communities are there are too few of them!! And two, there isn't enough regulation towards affordable high density development! We need to make our communities more walkable and less centered around car use and suburban sprawl
@sarcasmo578 жыл бұрын
The only place you can walk form my place is to more endless suburbia. House, yard, house, yard, house, yard.
@maghsz11 жыл бұрын
Such a great video!
@ashleywalker675212 жыл бұрын
I'm considering getting my masters in urban planning (not sure which area i would concentrate in....either environmental or transportation) how would you describe the job outlook? I'm a bit worried I will graduate and not be hired (on all job websites, planner jobs, even at entry level all require 5 years of experience). How does one break into this type of work? Is it through internships or what? I keep scratching my head... I have a Bachelors but no way to get my foot in the door
@feynstein10046 жыл бұрын
So how did it go? Did you go through with it?
@mmmmmmmmm23364 жыл бұрын
Yeah what happened
@dlastboricua4 жыл бұрын
I'd like to know as well
@jordangreen92019 жыл бұрын
I like the safe walkways in parking lots. You'd think that would be a common sense thing but most parking lots don't have them where I live.
@alittleoryx12 жыл бұрын
This is so cute! Please make more :)
@Thien-ev3qb10 жыл бұрын
I've been working on the Side Walk Project and it similar to this
@robertdallago7 жыл бұрын
Duh!!!!! Try looking at Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx. They were all walk-able neighborhoods even when the subway system went in! Who ruined all that? Robert Moses with his love of the automobile. Those were walk able neighborhoods and he cut though all of them with his love of the highway.
@mindfulwalking11 жыл бұрын
concentrate on environmental which is where the industry is trending towards
@edwinjalentin230411 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. I like too.
@simgamedev64233 жыл бұрын
where are the rest of the videos?
@BossChronicles9 жыл бұрын
What degree do you need ? Do you need to be good at math ?
@freezefriendly9 жыл бұрын
Shawn Afshar geography might be one major
@devbodaghe12 жыл бұрын
Is there a software I could us to design an urban development
@dlastboricua4 жыл бұрын
Try games like Cities skylines. Great for creative design. Among other things
@jplittle198711 жыл бұрын
So you're saying people most people in the UK can't walk for more than 5 minutes without thinking "nah fuck it, I'll drive" ? Because.... no. lol.
@stocolake11 жыл бұрын
This is Collingwood, Canada...
@mimoali732711 жыл бұрын
nice very nice i like
@mr.fluffythepekingese27373 жыл бұрын
Why not turning parking lots into plazas?
@narayanhamde49108 жыл бұрын
I want to become an urban planner
@123pajaron7 жыл бұрын
same! my dream job
@WafflessGaming7 жыл бұрын
mine too!
@Dryyskull6 жыл бұрын
play the game Cities Skylines! its better than sim city
@ties31836 жыл бұрын
Then you have to study that! Go follow your dreams and be welcome to the world of urban planning :) Greetings from the Netherlands
@123pajaron5 жыл бұрын
I'm actually eyeing unis in the Netherlands particularly on Utrecht. Do you have good schools in mind?
@ashleywalker675212 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your reply. Could have done without the last two mean sentences. Ciao.
@MrChopsticks1-x6g6 жыл бұрын
Watching for Cities Skylines.
@sanasingh1755 жыл бұрын
jokes on you our generation is too lazy to ever get up and off their phones and walk :3
@sanasingh1755 жыл бұрын
but i dont wanaa walk
@RiyaGhate5 жыл бұрын
ikr hahaa
@andrewlace5511 жыл бұрын
This is Collingwood? Really?
@ahlecksplodes4 жыл бұрын
ap human geo gang !!!
@elliottgetz87824 жыл бұрын
#NewUrbanism!! //cities are for people, not cars//
@boguslawziobro89148 жыл бұрын
2km of walk 20min is better then car
@Hadegel10 жыл бұрын
Americans will still drive with the car only...
@kattenelvis17787 жыл бұрын
In walkable American cities people walk.
@mightymouse59306 жыл бұрын
People will still ignorantly blame Americans for literally everything.
@juju7946 жыл бұрын
#TimePhoneHack
@muhilan85406 жыл бұрын
More than 5 minutes? Lmao I have colleagues who walk 20 minutes to work and they have cars.