Smart Growth Presentation

1. Smart Growth: A more dense,
more livable city?
Jeff Kessler
05/30/2012

2. Controlling the outward growth
movement

3. Revitalizing the inner-area of
cities

4. Innovations in urban design

5. Land Preservation

6. Transportation Reorientation

7. More than 50% of adults support elements
of Smart Growth
% that support traditional developments
% that would like to live in traditional developments
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2003 2005

8. The City of Portland
• Infill, transit-oriented projects, mixed-use urban
centers, and urban redevelopment
• Steady increase in density and land use mixing
• urban containment strongly supported at
metropolitan and local levels
• More diverse land-use correlated with greater
neighborhood satisfaction

9. The City of Charlotte
• Steady decrease in density and land use mixing
• Urban containment has not been strongly
supported
• More diverse land-use correlated with worsened
neighborhood satisfaction
• Higher density neighborhoods correlated with
lower satisfaction

10. Solely increasing density is not
beneficial
Quality of life is highest when block
homogeneity exists
Not all cities can be treated the same

11. Culture and preference are
influential in development patterns
Highways and transit can direct
development toward specific areas
Higher density areas need to match
quality of life in low density areas