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6 Common Mistakes Made By Cities and Towns in Urban Renewal.

September 9, 2014 By Bill Adams

Gaslamp Quarter, San DiegoFor the last half century, cities have attempted to repair the damage to their urban cores from migration to suburbs and exurbs. Redevelopment has evolved into smart growth, transit oriented development, and complete streets. In the last 15 years or so, the urban renewal efforts have had a receptive audience as people, tired of the car oriented lifestyle of the suburbs, are returning to urban cores and older urban neighborhoods. However, while cities get the big picture, too often in my 25 years as a land use attorney, I have seen the same mistakes repeated.Continue Reading 6 Common Mistakes Made By Cities and Towns in Urban Renewal.

Filed Under: Feature Posts, Historic, landscape architecture, Planning, Revitalization, San Diego Tagged With: active transit, climate change, Complete Streets, historic preservation, native vegetation, redevelopment, rehabilitation, revitalization, shade trees, smart growth, transit oriented development, urban forestry, urban renewal, urbanism

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