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Elements of Urban Design

Urban design can significantly impact the economic, environmental, social, and cultural outcomes of a place. It influences the economic success of a locality by encouraging businesses and entrepreneurship. It also impacts health, social interactions, and how people use public spaces. The key elements of urban design that shape a city include buildings, public spaces like parks and plazas, streets and the transportation network, and landscape design with green spaces. Well-designed cities balance these elements to create vibrant public areas that are pedestrian-friendly.

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Elements of Urban Design

Urban design can significantly impact the economic, environmental, social, and cultural outcomes of a place. It influences the economic success of a locality by encouraging businesses and entrepreneurship. It also impacts health, social interactions, and how people use public spaces. The key elements of urban design that shape a city include buildings, public spaces like parks and plazas, streets and the transportation network, and landscape design with green spaces. Well-designed cities balance these elements to create vibrant public areas that are pedestrian-friendly.

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URBAN

DESIGN

Urban design can significantly influence


the economic, environmental, social
and cultural outcomes of a place:

Urban design can influence the


economic
success
and
socioeconomic composition of a locality
whether
it
encourages
local
businesses and entrepreneurship;
whether it attracts people to live
there; whether the costs of housing
and travel are affordable; and
whether access to job opportunities,
facilities and services are equitable.

Urban design can influence


health
and
the
social
and
cultural impacts of a locality:
how people interact with each
other, how they move around,
and how they use a place.

ELEMENTS OF
URBAN DESIGN

BUILDINGS
Buildings are the most pronounced
elements of urban design - they shape
and articulate space by forming the
streetwalls of the city. Well designed
buildings and groups of buildings work
together to create a sense of place.

PUBLIC SPACE
Great public spaces are the living
room of the city - the place where
people come together to enjoy the
city and each other. Public spaces
make high quality life in the city
possible - they form the stage and
backdrop to the drama of life.
Public spaces range from grand
central plazas and squares, to small,
local neighborhood parks.

STREETS
Streets are the connections between
spaces and places, as well as being
spaces themselves. They are defined by
their physical dimension and character as
well as the size, scale, and character of
the buildings that line them. Streets
range from grand avenues such as the
Champs-Elysees in Paris to small, intimate
pedestrian streets. The pattern of the
street network is part of what defines a
city and what makes each city unique.

TRANSPORT
Transport systems connect the parts of cities
and help shape them, and enable movement
throughout the city. They include road, rail,
bicycle,
and
pedestrian
networks,
and
together form the total movement system of a
city. The balance of these various transport
systems is what helps define the quality and
character of cities, and makes them either
friendly or hostile to pedestrians. The best
cities are the ones that elevate the experience
of the pedestrian while minimizing the
dominance of the private automobile.

LANDSCAPE
The landscape is the green part of the
city that weaves throughout - in the form
of urban parks, street trees, plants,
flowers, and water in many forms. The
landscape helps define the character and
beauty of a city and creates soft,
contrasting spaces and elements. Green
spaces in cities range from grand parks
such as Central Park in New York City
and the Washington DC Mall, to small
intimate pocket parks.

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