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<br /> <br />American Planning Association 41 <br /> <br /> <br />f <br />~ <br />-c <br />= <br />;;; <br />"- <br /> <br />~ <br />1- <br />f <br /> <br />-c <br />= <br /> <br />.. Housing opportunity, urbanity, and self <br />sufficiency. In Schneider's study, the argu- <br />.ts for the polycentric urban form fall into <br />e categories: providing places other than <br />the central city for low-income people to live, <br />making the suburbs more urbane, and mak- <br />ing the outlying parts of the city more self- <br /> <br />sufficient. These three objectives appear in <br />nearly all regional development plans. <br /> <br />Ho\\ ("an we <br />('enters? <br />Considering our obvious need for mixed-use <br />centers, there are not nearly as many of them <br /> <br />heuer mixed-use <br /> <br />as one would expect. What makes us think we <br />will be more successful in creating them to- <br />day? <br />For starters, the failure and obsolescence of <br />so many shopping centers has increased our <br />awareness of the shortcomings of single-use <br />centers. Further, many experienced consult- <br />