Community Unit
E Portfolio E Region E Sector E Community Unit

Community units are building blocks

  • Sustainable, walkable, coherent, resilient
  • Crossroad, Cluster, Hamlet, Village, Town, City

Community Units exist at varying densities

  • Tiers of urbanization on metropolitan RANGE
  • Varying uses, social mix, economy, density
  • Context based transport and ped-sheds

Community Units are defined by walkable scale

  • Standard ped-shed 1/4 mile (5 min) walk
  • From a neighborhood’s center to its edge

Variations of ped-shed determine four C.U. types

1. CAS: Consolidated Agricultural Settlement
2. CLD: Clustered Land Development
3. TND: Traditional Neighborhood Development
4. RCD: Regional Center Development

C.U.s formed by their SECTOR & CATCHMENT

  • CAS as Crossroad, Cluster, or Small Hamlet
  • CLD as Hamlet – Modest Rural Development
  • TND as Hamlet – Large Rural Development
  • TND as TOD – Transit Oriented Development
  • RCD as Large Urban Neighborhood

Current sprawl patterns vs. Community Unts

  • CSD: Conventional Suburban Development
  • Classification: S-1 through S-7

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