Suburban design: from “bedroom communities” to sustainable neighborhoods
One of the main issues in the current suburban development is mono-functionality. Suburban formats that mainly function as “bedroom communities” are large housing estates, urban sprawl and suburban satellite housing – former villages surrounding large socialist cities. This paper deals with some urb...
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Association of Surveyors of Slovenia (Zveza geodetov Slovenije)
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| description | One of the main issues in the current suburban development is mono-functionality. Suburban formats that mainly function as “bedroom communities” are large housing estates, urban sprawl and suburban satellite housing – former villages surrounding large socialist cities. This paper deals with some urban design principles which encourage unsustainable usage of land at the periphery of cities and cause the “bedroom community” phenomenon. A comparative analysis is performed of three suburban areas where the issue of mono-functionality was/ is present, located within the administrative area of the City of Niš, Serbia: large housing estate in Krive Livade neighbourhood, sprawling neighborhoods Podvinik and Vinik, and former
rural settlements Donji Komren and Gornji Komren. The quality of urban design is evaluated using four criteria related to the physical and functional component of urban structure: central urban functions, population densities, public spaces adjacent to central urban functions, and neighborhood traffic. The initial hypothesis of this research is that the mono-functionality represents an unsustainable form of development and that the city needs a polycentric spatial structure. Th e traditional compact neighborhood with a center, which is pedestrian oriented and has a diversity of uses, is instated as a good quality urban area model. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df30f3be46e44ff99ece95cfed8559ea2022-12-21T19:14:27ZengAssociation of Surveyors of Slovenia (Zveza geodetov Slovenije)Geodetski Vestnik0351-02711581-13282016-03-016019811310.15292/geodetski-vestnik.2016.01.98-113Suburban design: from “bedroom communities” to sustainable neighborhoodsMilena Dinić0Petar Mitković1University of Niš, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, SRB-18000 Niš, SerbiaUniversity of Niš, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Aleksandra Medvedeva 14, SRB-18000 Niš, SerbiaOne of the main issues in the current suburban development is mono-functionality. Suburban formats that mainly function as “bedroom communities” are large housing estates, urban sprawl and suburban satellite housing – former villages surrounding large socialist cities. This paper deals with some urban design principles which encourage unsustainable usage of land at the periphery of cities and cause the “bedroom community” phenomenon. A comparative analysis is performed of three suburban areas where the issue of mono-functionality was/ is present, located within the administrative area of the City of Niš, Serbia: large housing estate in Krive Livade neighbourhood, sprawling neighborhoods Podvinik and Vinik, and former rural settlements Donji Komren and Gornji Komren. The quality of urban design is evaluated using four criteria related to the physical and functional component of urban structure: central urban functions, population densities, public spaces adjacent to central urban functions, and neighborhood traffic. The initial hypothesis of this research is that the mono-functionality represents an unsustainable form of development and that the city needs a polycentric spatial structure. Th e traditional compact neighborhood with a center, which is pedestrian oriented and has a diversity of uses, is instated as a good quality urban area model.http://www.geodetski-vestnik.com/60/1/gv60-1_dinic.pdfsuburbialarge housing estatessprawlsatellite housingmixed-use |
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| title | Suburban design: from “bedroom communities” to sustainable neighborhoods |
| title_full | Suburban design: from “bedroom communities” to sustainable neighborhoods |
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| title_short | Suburban design: from “bedroom communities” to sustainable neighborhoods |
| title_sort | suburban design from bedroom communities to sustainable neighborhoods |
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