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To Make Your Community Healthier, Make it Denser, by David Dixon, Stantec
1. David Dixon FAIA
Senior Principal, Stantec
Leader, Stantec’s Urban Places Group
November 4, 2014
CEOs for Cities National Meeting
To Make
Your Community
Healthier…Try Density
2. In the wake of 9/11
“Density kills….[It] is a
problem that will grow
only more explosive—
or infectious…”December 2001
“Blueprint for
a Better City”
3.
4. Density saves lives
Inactivity and poor diet,
largely associated with
auto-dependent, low-
density environments,
caused “300,000 deaths
in the United States…
second only to tobacco.”
1996 report issued by
the Centers for
Disease Control
6. How density saves lives
150-200Chronic health
conditions per
100 people
Miles per year
20,000-25,000
EXURBAN
7. How density saves lives
150-200Chronic health
conditions per
100 people
Miles per year
20,000-25,000
120-140
15,000-20,000
SUBURBAN EXURBAN
8. How density saves lives
150-200Chronic health
conditions per
100 people
Miles per year
20,000-25,000
120-140
15,000-20,000
100-120
5,000-10,000
URBAN SUBURBAN EXURBAN
11. Walkable density:
5-minute rule
A mix of housing,
shopping, recreation
and other choices
within a 5-minute
walk builds quality of
life and makes active
transportation a
viable choice for
most people.
David Dixon led planning for
suburban Dublin, Ohio’s new
downtown when he was
principal-in-charge of planning
at Goody Clancy
12. Walkable density:
5-minute rule
A mix of housing,
shopping, recreation
and other choices
within a 5-minute
walk builds quality of
life and makes active
transportation a
viable choice for
most people.
The Dublin plan is transforming
1,000 acres of shopping centers
and similar uses into a “higher
density, mixed-use downtown”
organized into 5-minute walking
districts.
13. Walkable density:
5-minute rule
A mix of housing,
shopping, recreation
and other choices
within a 5-minute
walk builds quality of
life and makes active
transportation a
viable choice for
most people.
More than four million SF of
mixed-use development is
currently in the pipeline for
Dublin.
14. Walkable density:
every street has a job
• main streets
(focus amenity,
walkability)
• primary streets
(walkability,
connections)
• secondary streets
(parking, service)
Stantec’s Urban Places Group
led planning for Charlotte’s Hall
House site to spur downtown
growth (Charlotte Housing
Authority, with Perkins and Will)
15. Walkable density:
critical mass
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1,000 to 2,000
housing units within a
5-10 minute walk can
bring a block of Main
Street to life.
Thresholds like these
are critical to
meeting meaningful
density goals.
More than 700 units on the Hall
House site will hit a tipping point
for reviving lifeless streets.
16. Walkable density:
public benefits
Use density bonuses
to fund “public
goods”—lively
squares, transit, arts,
job training and
affordable housing.
Planning for redevelopment of
the Hall House site focused on
meeting thresholds to support
shops and cafés along now-
lifeless streets, affordable
housing, an animated public
realm, and parking for nearby
sites. The plan creates a new
public square on the site.
17. Walkable density:
public-realm hierarchy
A multilayered
hiearchy of spaces,
from the most
interactive to the
most personal, builds
community.
David Dixon led planning and
rezoning to guide the next
chapter of growth in the Boston
region’s leading innovation
district, Kendall Square, while
principal-in-charge of planning
at Goody Clancy.
19. The Jane Jacobs
paradox
Kendall Square’s
Amenity-rich,
walkable urban
places create
value...but reduce
the economic
diversity Jane Jacobs
envisioned.
20. The Jane Jacobs
paradox
Equity is now a
central issue in
planning for growth.
The 2010 census
showed that, for the
first time, more US
poor live in suburbs
than cities—rising
more than 50% from
2000 in more than
half of large US
metros.
SOURCE:THENEWYORKTIMES
21. Density saves lives
David Dixon and
Larissa Brown (leader
of comprehensive
planning for the Urban
Places Group) receive
the American
Planning Association
“Hard-Won Victory”
Award for the New
Orleans post-Katrina
master plan, which
they led while at
Goody Clancy.
Stantec’s Urban Places
Group: current and
recent work
22. Cities and regions
Stantec’s Urban
Places Group, with
Goody Clancy, is
preparing a smart-
growth
comprehensive plan
for Corpus Christi,
Texas
23. Downtown revival
Downtown Albany Strategic Plan
David Dixon and
Larissa Brown
receiving the
American Planning
Association’s Hard
Won Victory Award
for the New Orleans
Master Plan, which
they led while at
Goody Clancy
David Dixon led
planning for Project
Downtown in Wichita
while principal-in-
charge of planning
at Goody Clancy.
24. Dublin, OH: Bridge Street Corridor plan
Stantec’s Urban Places
Group planned West 5
in London, Ontario, the
region’s first new
suburban downtown.
New suburban centers
and downtowns
25. Stantec’s Urban Places
Group created the
plan for Calgary’s new
West Village, a mixed-
use riverfront district
that extends the city’s
transit-oriented-centers
policy. The district will
grow to more than
8 millionSF and 5,000
residents.
Transit-oriented districts
26. Stantec’s Urban Places GroupNeighborhood
revitalization
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Stantec’s Urban Places
Group is developing a
revitalization plan for
the 27 neighborhoods
of the West Trade/
Rozzelles Ferry area
in Charlotte.
27. Stantec’s Urban Places GroupUrban infrastructure
Stantec’s Urban
Places Group is
planning for significant
infrastructure
improvements and a
new transit-oriented
district in Stamford,
Connecticut.
28. Urban mixed-use
development
Stantec’s Urban Places
Group’s plan for
One Channel Center
in Boston’s Seaport
District mixes housing,
retail, office, and a
public square. Stantec
Commercial
Architecture Group—
formerly ADD, Inc.—is
the project architect.
29. Stantec’s Urban Places Group
By helping people manage the
rising demand for urban life,
we help shape more livable,
equitable, and resilient
communities.