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I t, I'Luvun` N~wcn,hri 'uua <br />T ° `~~ a: 6--' Yil ~ ~ ~ If p 4 Y w ~ •L.r~ ~S '.a ~ r~ i( a <br />_ ~- '`- <br />'`. °~ ''-,'~ hat's what Ncw Urban- <br />. ist architect-planner <br />~~ t~.IldreS DuaRY C.~1]UrLs <br />audiences co do i n his <br />lectures about the decline <br />- oFAmcrica's suburbs. <br />- WI7Cn 1 1-lrsi 11C:t1"d <br />_~~_..._._.-,~ Duatnp empress this view <br />in the early 199Us, I was taken abad:, ;u, I'm <br />sure, must pl uulers ~vcre. 1r seemed uurra~cous <br />CU sLL~'~~CSr ChaC ZOlllllg, [I1C body Ol" law ChaC <br />~UII LLOIs dCVCIUpi]]CIlC IL1 l)~~ pCrl:ellC OI-.'iilI1C1-11::t's <br />comnrLlniCics. could be so rasih~ dismissed. <br />Since then, hU\NC\'C!', I've tome w believe <br />Lh:u Duanv's prescription ma~~ nor be so radi- <br />G1I :ti`reC ;111. Hls main point is Char COnvell- <br />Cional zoning based un the sc~rc~;uion of I:uld <br />uses was nevel• intended to deal \widl physical <br />Form, aulxi that d7e "band-aid" ntcasures (in- <br />duding design guidelines) d1:!r planners cobble <br />onto c~.isrinR ordinances to address d]is deti- <br />C1enUY )LIti11L 171a1CC 111:1CCC1-ti WOrSC. SC, n]CChlJlg <br />CISe IS nCCCled, ;old that something CISC I5 N~har <br />New Urbanists c:t11 Form-based coding. <br />'y`~li:oE i> ad:' <br />As its n;unc suti'~csrs, form-bnscd cudin`' x:cl:s <br />nJ re~~ul;1 Cl' CI1C X07;/! Of Chc bLllJt Cll ~'II'U 11 n7Ctl C. <br />In contrast, conventional caning primarily <br />secls ro cunrnJl Land LLSC ;llld dC11SIr1', bL1C 1S <br />1ar~ely silent on matters of Form beyond the <br />most basic height, fluor-area, al7d 52CbaCli 11I111Ls <br />for individual buildings. <br />The ne\n' approach builds on the ideal Char <br />pln'siail form is a conununirl•~s most intrinsic <br />and CI1dU1'lll~ characrer,suc. IC sCel:S ro aJdih' <br />that Dorm in ,t su~.u~htfur\•v;trd 4vay so t <br />pl,lnncrs, citizens, developers, and ocher stal:c- <br />holders can nlovc easily Fronl a sh.trcd pllysi- <br />cal vision uFa place to its built realm'. <br />Ti, understand the concept, dl;nl. uI nc~ <br />4\ a\• nci~Lhurh~,i,ds ch,ul~e 11VCf ^111C. I I7 111;1171' <br />