232721 Resource 211112 212597 1 1245211200000 1253569832286 Controlled Designing Efficient Communities

Thinking differently about place and space is changing the physical layout of communities.

<p><em>New designs of communities for energy efficiency and environmental performance is based on the innovation concept of location efficiency, as described by Peter Plastrik and Theodore Staton in this excerpt from <a title="Chapter 3: "Location Efficiency"" href="item/232660">Chapter 3</a> of their new book, "nuPOLIS: How Social Innovators are Transforming American Communities," which they are releasing on the nuPOLIS site.</em></p> <p>Because Scott Bernstein envisions a community’s potential through the lens of location efficiency, the mayor of Fort Wayne, a city of 250,000 that has sprawled out into Indiana farmland, asked him in 2007 to recommend ways to revitalize the city’s core. During a tour of downtown, Bernstein, president of the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT), saw where a half-century earlier, before the rise of the automobile wiped out many mass-transit systems, trolley lines had moved much of the city’s population.  He saw the matrix of streets and store fronts, and a small strip of bars and music venues, which once contained much of the city’s vital energy.  In the city’s distant past, Bernstein could see its future: a more densely inhabited, bustling downtown connected by energy-efficient light rail to suburban communities.</p> <p>“Where we choose to put investments in infrastructure makes all the difference to the economic and environmental sustainability of a community,” he says. The report that Bernstein’s organization, CNT, presented to then-Mayor Graham Richard called for the city to redesign itself around “compact, efficient use of land,” “walkable communities with amenities,” and “quality transit.” The recommendations, says Richard, “gave us permission to think very differently about place and space and how to improve the desirability of the community<strong><em>.</em></strong>”</p> <p><a title="Chapter 3: Location Efficiency" href="item/232660">Read more </a>about Efficient Community Design and Location Efficiency...  </p> <div><br clear="all" /><hr align="left" size="1" width="33%" /> <div id="edn1"></div> </div> 10 application/xml false Center for Neighborhood Technology community design Fort Wayne location efficiency urban revitalization walkable communities Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.0.3705; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; Media Center PC 4.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Zune 3.0; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 $Admin 173.160.40.189 false true false false true 218442 false false true false false false true 235062 Resource 218442 173239 212597 1245352872979 1245354317520 Controlled RE: Designing Efficient Communities

Sustainability

those interested in efficient design may find <a href="http://www.e3bank.com">www.e3bank.com</a> interesting they assist those looking to become green with reduced interest rates and set you up with green vendors in your area. 10 application/xml false Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.0.11) Gecko/2009060215 Firefox/3.0.11 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 208.15.231.2 false true false false true 252021 Resource 218442 173239 212597 1267656747331 1267708261671 Controlled RE: Designing Efficient Communities

<p>Members of our community in Derry/Londonderry Northern Ireland, are currently participating in a FutureSearch programme set up to engage as many people as possible in working out solutions to issues that confront us after some 40 years of conflict.  As a communitiy leader and member of the ILEX Transport & Infrastracture Strategic Working Group I am working with others on movement and connections.  Our political leaders need educated!!</p> 10 application/xml false Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; OfficeLiveConnector.1.3; OfficeLivePatch.0.0; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 81.132.83.56 false true false false true 211112 blog blogsite/INC/my-weblog-view