An anthology of regulations that have shaped urban form
The Ten Books on Architecture PDF Author: Vitruvius Date: 1st Century BC Publisher: Harvard University Press Translation: Morris Hicky Morgan Source: The Project Gutenberg Selections: Book I: Chapters IV, The Site of a City Chapter VI, The Directions of the Streets; with Remarks on the Winds Chapter VII, The Sites for Public Buildings Description: This chapter … Continue reading The Ten Books on Architecture
The Subdivision and Site Plan Handbook PDF Author: David Listokin and Carole Walker Date: 1989 Publisher: The Center for Urban Policy Research (Rutgers University) Selections: pp. 61-70 Description: This was a model ordinance for the State of New Jersey, republished for a national target audience. Assessment: This is a mature ordinance. The format is very … Continue reading The Subdivision and Site Plan Handbook
The Neighborhood Unit PDF Author: Clarence Perry Date: 1929 Publisher: Regional Plan of New York and Its Environs Source: Neighborhood and Community Planning. (1974). Regional Survey of New York and its Environs, Volume VII, Monograph One, 21-140. New York: Arno Press. Selections: Neighborhood-Unit principles, and plan drawings Description: These sections present principles and schemes for residential districts … Continue reading The Neighborhood Unit
The Neighborhood Model: Building Block for the Development Areas Author: Torti Gallas and Partners, et.al. Date: 2000 Publisher: County of Albermarle, Dept. of Planning and Community Development Selections: Table of Contents, The Transect Concept (pp. 35-36), Tables 7.1 & 7.2 (pp. 134-137) Description: This is a county plan that draws on New Urbanist principles. It includes … Continue reading The Neighborhood Model: Building Block for the Development Areas
Link to: The London Building Acts Author: Fletcher, Banister Date: 1894-1914 Publisher: London, B.T. Batsford Source:Available Online http://www.archive.org/details/londonbuildingac00fletrich Description: The London building acts, including the London building act, 1894; the amendment acts of 1898 and 1905; L.C.C. general power acts, 1908 and 1909; the Cinematograph act, 1909; Town planning act, etc.; a tect-book on the … Continue reading The London Building Acts
The Laws of the Indies PDF Author: King Phillip II of Spain (and others) Date: 1573 Translation: Zelia Nuttall (1921, 1922); revised translation by A. Mundigo & D. Crouch (1977). Source: Widely available / Mundigo, Axel I. & Crouch, Dora P., The City Planning Ordinances of the Laws of the Indies Revisited: Part I: Their Philosophy … Continue reading The Laws of the Indies
PDF for: The Law for Regulating Streets and Water Courses in the Citys and Towns of This Government Author: Legislature of Pennsylvania Date: 1698 Source: Beckman, Gail McKnight (1976) The Statutes at Large of Pennsylvania in the Time of William Penn, volume 1: 1680 to 1700. Vantage Press, New York, pages 232-233. Description: This code regulates … Continue reading The Law for Regulating Streets and Water Courses in the Citys and Towns of This Government
The Jordan Tract PDF Author: Dover, Kohl & Duany Plater-Zyberk Date: 1995 Publisher: Dover, Kohl & Duany Plater-Zyberk Selections: Sample pages: 3, 5, 7, 11 Description: A code for neighborhood development Assessment: A remarkably concise document covering neighborhood, street, architectural, and landscape guidelines in twelve pages. Continue reading The Jordan Tract – a code for neighborhood development
The Growth Management Handbook PDF Author: Samuel Hamill Jr., John Keene, David Kinsey, and Roger Lewis Date: 1989 Publisher: The Middlesex Somerset Mercer Regional Council Translation: Source: Selections: Section 2.2 (pp. 16-17); Section 2.3 (pp. 18-19); Section 4.4 (pp. 44-45). Description: This is a manual for planners writing ordinances. It advocates a ‘managed growth’ philosophy … Continue reading The Growth Management Handbook
The Connected City PDF Author: Robert Cowan Date: 1997 Publisher: Urban Initiatives Selections: Checklists B & C Description: This is a pamphlet directed at citizens. It expresses the familiar intent of reforming conventional suburban development practices to make urbanism more livable. Assessment: The language is exceptionally good. There are two types of checklists included: one … Continue reading The Connected City