Region
Region
SECTOR
- Span of urban core to wilderness
- Tiers: Gradient on metropolitan range
- Assembly of armature and community
- Community units of traditional form
- Centers: Social, transit, services
TOWN
- Settlement: Types of walkable habitat
- Scale ranges small to large
- 4 – 10 neighborhoods / to 3,000 du each
CORRIDOR
- Armature: Network of movement
- Linear: Urban, Natural, Transport
- Urban corridor contains transit, mixed use streets
Models for healthy towns and landscape:
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Preservation of land and agriculture
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Support of local economy, vigorous institutions
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Resilience of heritage, social stability, identity
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Balanced use of resources