Thank you for this excellent presentation and good luck with your project in Lake Wales. Three questions: 1. How much of a role does corruption play in bad land use planning & development (and how is this counteracted)? 2. In light of the current extreme weather & tornado outbreaks around the US, and the significant damage inflicted on buildings - do multi-story (medium-density) buildings in compact urban centers fair better during extreme weather events than single-story buildings in urban sprawl communities? 3. I've been watching the modular homes industry with much interest and seen a few good TED talks on the topic, especially when used to construct medium-density social housing complexes. Do these buildings stand up well during extreme weather events such as tornadoes & hurricanes? Given that more frequent & intense weather is expected in the coming decades and beyond (probably forever) urban planner & developers should be considering dry- & wet-proof housing as an industry standard, as well as amphibious buildings (there are also many temporary flood barriers available on the market, yet many houses in flood-prone areas don't seem to make use of them). I have also not seen the New Urbanism nor Strong Towns movement discuss water management strategies in urban areas such as low-impact urban design & development LIUDD (developed in New Zealand), water-sensitive urban design WSUD (US), sustainable drainage systems SuDS (UK) or sponge cities (developed in China). Is this something that is considered as part of the charrette events such as deploying permaculture principles in water management (green roofs & rain gardens, bioswales, bioretention ponds, artificial wetlands (both the manage excess water & filter storm water)? The extreme drought in the US west means water management strategies are even more important to trap stormwater runoff to recharge ground water. I saw a very interesting permaculture talk on the important of trees in climate stabilisation (reforestation) - is this considered part of urban planning & development? A lot of focus was placed on road building & car parks in this presentation (in terms of how little they contribute to city & state coffers). Would converting asphalt roads into permeable surfaces, especially in suburban settings) reduce the cost of building & maintaining road and parking infrastructure? I know there is a big movement away from scrapping parking mandates. But in order to make urban areas more walkable & cyclable etc a complete overhaul of urban planning & development is required. How easy / difficult is it to retrofit urban sprawl?

@DoverKohl

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, we are glad you found this useful! In relation to your questions: -In general, newer buildings (single-story or multi-story) built to today’s building codes are much better equipped to handle extreme wind events than older buildings. Building codes are constantly being reviewed and strengthened by state officials. -In general, modular, and site-built construction meet the same building code standards and one is not generally safer, or less safe, than the other. -New ways of building are constantly being explored and developed. Many variables including rigorous study, cost, labor, and material availability contribute to whether a new method of construction becomes an “industry standard”. In the meantime, focusing future growth in areas that are less subject to environmental hazards is a good way to reduce risk. -The Congress for the New Urbanism has a great resource for context-based water management strategies here: www.cnu.org/our-projects/rainwater-context -And also a discussion about the role of Light Imprint infrastructure and its use in new urbanism can be found here: www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2017/05/15/great-idea-light-imprint-walkable-green-infrastructure -Additional resources to look into regarding retrofitting sprawl can be found here: www.cnu.org/our-projects/sprawl-retrofit.

@truettadevil

10 ай бұрын

@@DoverKohl thank you for your response. I would love to know your answer to his first question about corruption affecting town planning... as that is my #1 concern with developing in my town.