tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post5811466674991277877..comments2024-03-28T14:02:40.132-04:00Comments on Discovering Urbanism: Urban Places, Rural SpacesDaniel Nairnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14127732825472374125noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-46054504474307959732009-05-11T10:17:00.000-04:002009-05-11T10:17:00.000-04:00Excellent topic! I've been pushing an idea for sev...Excellent topic! I've been pushing an idea for several years that I call Permanent Land Preservation. The basic idea is very simple... take the prevailing density of sprawl in a place. Maybe it's 1 unit/acre gross. So if a town needs 1,000 new units, that would require 1,000 acres. But if you can provide those 1,000 new units in 150 acres instead, then you've permanently preserved 850 acres somewhere in the market shed of that town. Actually, it's not completely permanent, but rather, for as long as the 1,000 units remain inhabited... which if it's good urbanism, could be for several centuries.<br />~Steve Mouzon<br />www.originalgreen.orgSteve Mouzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15451372682705698059noreply@blogger.com