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<br />hat's what New Urban-
<br />is[ archi[ecr-planner
<br />Andres Duanv exhorrs
<br />wdiences [Q do in his
<br />lectures abour [he decline
<br />of America's suburbs.
<br />\Xfhen J first heard
<br />Duany express [his view
<br />in [he earl I' [')90s, I was taken aback, as, I'm
<br />sure, mosr planners were. Ie seemed omrageoLls
<br />[Q suggest [hat zoning, the body of law [hat
<br />comrols developmcm in 99 percenr ofA.merica ':,
<br />com111unities, could beso easilv dismissed.
<br />Since [hen, huwever. I've come [(J believe
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<br />[har Duany's pl'escrip[ion may nor be so radi-
<br />cal after all. His main poinr is [hat conven-
<br />[ional zoning based on [he segregation ofland
<br />uses was ncvel' l[1rended co deal wirh physical
<br />fom1, and [har [he "band-aid" measures (in-
<br />cluding design guidelines) [hat planners cobble
<br />omo exisring ordinances [0 addl'ess [his defi-
<br />ciency j Llsr make nurrc:J's worse, Somerhing
<br />else is needed, '\I1d due some[hinS else IS whar
<br />New Urbanisrs call form-based cuding.
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<br />As irs 11'I111e suggesrs, furm-based cuding seeks
<br />w regulare rheji}1'711 of rhe built envlronmenr.
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<br />In conrrasr. convenrional zoning primarily
<br />seeks ro conrrol land use and density, bur is
<br />largely silenr on mJ.rrers of form bevond rbe
<br />most basic height, Hoar-area, and serbacklimirs
<br />for individual buildings.
<br />The new approach builds on [he idea [har
<br />physical form is a communiry's most inrrinsic
<br />,1I1d endming duracrerisric. lr seeks ro codjf"
<br />[har Form in a srr,ughrforward way so thar
<br />pbnners, citizens, developers, and orher srake-
<br />holders un muve easilv hum a shared physi-
<br />cal vision ufa pbce [Q irs buill reality.
<br />To undersrand rhe cuncepr, rhi nk of lhe
<br />\Va\' neighhul'huods ch.1l1ge (lver rime. IIlIl1;H1\'
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