Comments on: Is There a Secret Recipe for Successful Urban Development? http://dirt.asla.org/2013/01/28/is-there-a-secret-recipe-to-successful-urban-development/ Uniting the Built & Natural Environments Tue, 21 May 2013 20:36:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Aysha Ruya Cohen http://dirt.asla.org/2013/01/28/is-there-a-secret-recipe-to-successful-urban-development/#comment-24729 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:07:28 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=12598#comment-24729 Great article on a very insightful presentation! GEHL Architect’s Melbourne example was my favorite :) I was so impressed to hear that EMBARQ México has even gotten Walmart to make their stores more pedestrian & public transit accessible! For your reference:
> Here are session notes on the urban experts this article references (from the World Bank’s conference, January 2013): https://docs.google.com/document/d/147uXpLbF5jp9pzgo_Q1wUgHmSJ91wfug26XHoptAmbA/edit
> Here are the slides this article is refers to (from the World Bank’s conference, January 2013):
a.) http://www.slideshare.net/EMBARQNetwork/p3-a-henriette-vamberg
b.) http://www.slideshare.net/EMBARQNetwork/p3-a-successful-urban-development-in-mexico

]]> By: Urban Choreography http://dirt.asla.org/2013/01/28/is-there-a-secret-recipe-to-successful-urban-development/#comment-22883 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:13:04 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=12598#comment-22883 Reblogged this on Urban Choreography and commented:
I don’t think there is some secret recipe – its well known – involve both users and professionals who care about the site – not those who fly in and fly out- even if they don’t get on – they need each other and once its built then they still need to be involved in its management – i.e. only trust people who have “Skin in the game’ in the words of Nicholas Taleb author of “Anti-Fragility”

]]> By: Prospect - Refuge (@archijecture) http://dirt.asla.org/2013/01/28/is-there-a-secret-recipe-to-successful-urban-development/#comment-22426 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:12:10 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=12598#comment-22426 Well written article, with some deft handling of information.

I’m with Erik, and reckon that the search for one universal recipe is probably one reason why these cities are having problems in the first place.

View the city as a constellation of villages, emphasizing the focus on local values and THEN start planning accordingly. That, what Corbett says about future-proofing and Jacob’s wisdom toward building with a human-scale… those particularly speak to this guy.

]]> By: Erik http://dirt.asla.org/2013/01/28/is-there-a-secret-recipe-to-successful-urban-development/#comment-22247 Mon, 28 Jan 2013 14:52:01 +0000 http://dirt.asla.org/?p=12598#comment-22247 Great article! It’s funny to see somewhere like Mexico City where “the rich are the only ones taking transit.”

I wouldn’t say it’s one particular recipe that everyone has to use, but they need to use the same ingredients but of their own geographic taste to make a similar type of end product – one that embraces humans of course.

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