New Suburbanism

New Suburbanism is an urban design movement which intends to improve on existing suburban or exurban designs.^[1] New Suburbanists seek to establish an alternative between a dichotomy of the centripetal city and centrifugal suburb,^[2] by features such as rear-loading garages and walking-focused landscaping.^[3]

The design strategy for New Suburbanism differs from the traditional postwar suburban development. In contrast to post-war suburbanism where the homebuyer had few options in regards to customization, new suburban communities feature customization through packages and add-ons as well as larger homes in denser communities. Postwar suburban developments have since filled in with homes and businesses began emerging there, outside of the city-center. This created new communities, not just suburban housing.^[4]

Suburban sprawl is associated with negative effects because it often takes over farm land, disrupts ecosystems, has low-density housing, and car-dependent communities. Suburban sprawl continues to grow as over 70% of Americans choose to live in such communities.^[5] Planners are currently seeking to make the suburbs more sustainable and New Suburbanism offers a solution. This planning approach seeks to redesign suburban communities by making them more-dense, equitable, and environmentally sustainable while still keeping housing and design preferences of the consumer in mind.^[6]

Locations

Plum Creek in Kyle, Texas

Comparison to New Urbanism

New Urbanism is a style of planning a new neighborhood that focuses on designing aspects that create more community engagement, whereas New Suburbanism is the improving of an existing suburban neighborhood.^[4]

New urbanism, though a small movement, is more successful than New Suburbanism, as NS only has 1 location and NU has hundreds. Although, the New Suburbanism movement is growing.^[7]

References

^ http://www.southbaycities.org/files/12.05%20Kotkin%20New%20Suburbanism%20Report.pdf ^{[dead link]}
^ STEPHEN MARSHALL (1978). "The Emerging 'Silicon Savanna': From Old Urbanism to New Suburbanism". Built Environment. 32 (3): 267–280. JSTOR 23290105.
^ "New Suburbanism Growing In Southern California". Barternews.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01.
^ a b Lewis, Paul and Marc Tsurumaki, David J. Lewis. (2003). "New Suburbanism". Oz. 25: 34–38.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Fannie-Mae-Foundation. Downtown housing as an urban redevelopment tool: hope or hype (panel discussion). Housing Policy Debate, 10 (1997), pp. 477–505. Retrieved: 3 May 2017.
^ Atkninson-Palombo, Carol (2010). "New housing construction in Phoenix: Evidence of "new suburbanism"?". Cities. 27 (2): 77–86. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2009.10.001.
^ "Home". newsuburbanism.ca.

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[2] STEPHEN MARSHALL (1978). "The Emerging 'Silicon Savanna': From Old Urbanism to New Suburbanism". Built Environment. 32 (3): 267–280. JSTOR 23290105.

[3] "New Suburbanism Growing In Southern California". Barternews.com. Retrieved 2013-09-01.

[:0-4] Lewis, Paul and Marc Tsurumaki, David J. Lewis. (2003). "New Suburbanism". Oz. 25: 34–38.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[5] Fannie-Mae-Foundation. Downtown housing as an urban redevelopment tool: hope or hype (panel discussion). Housing Policy Debate, 10 (1997), pp. 477–505. Retrieved: 3 May 2017.

[6] Atkninson-Palombo, Carol (2010). "New housing construction in Phoenix: Evidence of "new suburbanism"?". Cities. 27 (2): 77–86. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2009.10.001.

[7] "Home". newsuburbanism.ca.