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Andres Duany Lecture. Suburban Sprawl.

Andriy Kosetsky · 24.3K views · 2012-08-27 · 1:24:15

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A recording of Andres Duany's 1991 'San Antonio By Design' seminar on suburban sprawl. He lays out how codes, zoning and policy produce sprawl and makes the case for new urbanism.

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HN recommends it as a comprehensive, still-accurate and often funny account of how zoning and policy force suburban sprawl.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2017–2024

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tmnvix · 2024-05 · Strong recommendation

> I don’t know what the answer is but Parking Reform, Strong Towns and Not Just Bikes are my north stars on this stuff. Do you have any others? I think you might like this planning talk given in the 90s. One of my favourite videos on youtube and quite hilarious at times: [VIDEO]

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trgn · 2017-02 · Strong recommendation

I basically just parroted Nathan Lewis, who has a great blog series on the topic: [LINK] . It's virtually the same message from Andres Duany. His talk from 30 years ago is still so eerily precise and comprehensive: [VIDEO] . When I feel presumptuous, I email this to people (deaf ears, mostly). Leon Krier bangs the same drum, and adds a more sophisticated, architectural perspective: [LINK] .

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closeparen · 2018-10 · Recommendation

Suburban sprawl is exactly as required by law, from the mutually exclusive land uses right down to the paint on the strip-mall parking lots. Market forces would love to build walkable mixed-use districts. A proud tradition of highly effective grassroots activism makes sure that they don't. You may find this talk [0], or the speaker's book Suburban Nation, enlightening. It's not at all the case that market forces need to be adjusted here. It's public policy which is broken. [0] [VIDEO]

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