The City’s Form and Function – 2015: A Model for a Complete City based on Sustainable Urbanism

The City’s Form and Function essay in 2014 presented the form and function of a character town in light of its sustainability, i.e., its ability to balance its social, economic and physical attributes in a manner that produced an interesting, pleasant and prosperous place for residents, businesses and visitors. This 2015 essay adds the concept of urbanism to the mix consistent with the professional literature that is now discussing “sustainable urbanism.” These two direct and powerful ideas intersected in the past millennium to provide a useful framework for city planning, development and management: sustainable urbanism.”

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