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Form-Based Codes: A Guide for Planners, Urban Designers, Municipalities, and Developers Hardcover - 2008 - 1st Edition

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Author: Daniel G. Parolek; Karen Parolek; Paul C. Crawford
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

From the rear cover

A comprehensive, illustrative guide to Form-Based Codes

"This volume describes in clear argument and significant detail the issues and techniques associated with the design and management of Form-Based Codes as an antidote to zoning and sprawl. Reading it and putting it to practice is an excellent point of departure for individuals and municipalities to safeguard and to grow their communities."
-- From the Foreword by noted architect and urbanist Stefanos Polyzoides

Form-Based Codes are the latest evolutionary step in the practice of development and land-use regulation. A growing alternative to conventional zoning laws, Form-Based Codes go beyond land use to address not just the physical form of buildings but also surrounding streets, blocks, and public spaces in order to create, protect, and revitalize sustainable communities.

Written by three recognized leaders in the field of New Urbanism, including an urban planner and an architect, this book is the first to address this subject comprehensively. After defining Form-Based Codes and explaining why they are a necessary alternative to conventional zoning regulations, the authors detail the various components of Form-Based Codes and then go step by step through the process of creating and implementing them. Finally, a series of case studies illustrates best practice applications of Form-Based Coding at various scales from county-wide to site specific, and various project types from city-wide development code replacement to the preservation or evolution of downtowns.

This timely and accessible text features:

More than 200 clear illustrations of Form-Based Codes
Studies of real-world applications of Form-Based Coding by leading planners, urban designers, and architects

Form-Based Codes is a must-read for today's urban designers, urban planners, architects, and anyone with a vested interest in utilizing the latest regulatory tool to help create compact, walkable, and sustainable communities.

Details

Title Form-Based Codes: A Guide for Planners, Urban Designers, Municipalities, and Developers
Author Daniel G. Parolek; Karen Parolek; Paul C. Crawford
Binding Hardcover
Edition number 1st
Edition 1
Pages 336
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Wiley, Hoboken
Date March 28, 2008
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780470049853 / 0470049855
Weight 2.55 lbs (1.16 kg)
Dimensions 10.9 x 8.74 x 1.09 in (27.69 x 22.20 x 2.77 cm)
Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
Library of Congress subjects Real estate development, City planning
Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007050458
Dewey Decimal Code 711.4

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Citations

Reference and Research Bk News, 11/01/2008, Page 234

About the author

Daniel G. Parolek, AIA, and KAREN PAROLEK are principals in Opticos Design, established in 2000 in Berkeley, California, as a multidisciplinary firm specializing in architecture, urban design, information design, and Form-Based Code design. They are both on the founding board of directors of the Form-Based Codes Institute.

Daniel G. Parolek is an architect who has worked on some of the most innovative New Urbanist projects and Form-Based Codes in California and across the United States. He is a frequent national lecturer and author in the field of New Urbanism, Smart Growth, and Form-Based Codes.

Karen Parolek is an information architect who strives to improve visual methods of communication on projects ranging from a wayfinding signage system for downtown New York City (while working at Pentagram Design) to Web site metadata schemas. Her most recent focus has been on the practice of Form-Based Coding.

Paul C. Crawford, FAICP, is a principal with Crawford Multari & Clark Associates in San Luis Obispo, California, and the founding board chair of the Form-Based Codes Institute. Crawford is a nationally recognized zoning expert who has personally worked on more than twenty-five Form-Based Codes, more than 100 zoning and development codes overall, and more than thirty general plans. Paul was planning director for San Luis Obispo County from 1980 to 1990, and served as adjunct professor of city and regional planning at California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo from 1980 to 2006.