Resources for Compact Development
Publications
Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing.
Tom Jones, William Pettus, AIA and Michael Pyatok, FAIA;
Foreword by Chester Hartman. McGraw Hill. 268 pp., 1997.
An excellent, well-researched book includes chapters
on:
- Who lives in affordable housing.
- Profiles of residents.
- Influences on affordable family housing design.
170+ pages of case studies from across the nation.
Each case study includes color photographs, drawings, and information
on density, number of units, costs and resident profile. (Slides
illustrating the projects can be purchased from the American Institute
of Architects using a form included in the book.)
Asian
Neighborhood Design — Good Neighbors: Affordable Family Housing
(http://www.andnet.org/goodneighbors/)
Participation Tools for Better Land Use Planning.
Dave Davis and C. Nicholas Moore. Local Government
Commission. 43 pp., 1997.
This guidebook describes techniques that can be
used to generate public participation and support for compact development
plans and projects, including computer simulation, design charrettes,
visual image surveys, visioning, guided tours, formal groups, facilitated
meetings, and media campaigns.
Participation
Tools for Better Land Use Planning
(http://www.lgc.org/bookstore/land_use/publications/part_tools.html)
"The Case for Multifamily Housing." Urban Land
Institute, 12 pp. 1991.
This pamphlet explains the importance of higher
density housing to meet a wide range of social, economic and environmental
needs. Topics include demographics and demand; the impact on traffic
congestion and public facilities and services; and much more.
Download Free PDF: http://research.uli.org/Content/Reports/PolicyPapers/PUB_C62.pdf
Order print copies online
at http://www.uli.org/dk/uli_BookStore_fst.html
(#C64).
"Making Residential Density Work." Urban Ecology.
8 pp. 1998.
This pamphlet argues for higher density housing
to protect open space and improve quality of life. Case studies
from the San Francisco Bay Area. (510) 251-6330.
Urban
Ecology
(http://www.urbanecology.org/)
"Myths and Facts About Affordable and High-Density Housing."
California Planning Roundtable. Reprinted by the California
Department of Housing and Community Development. 12 pp. June 1997.
(714) 966-9220.
This booklet responds to the hostility against
providing affordable or multi-family housing in many communities.
It includes a list of additional resources including books, pamphlets,
studies and slide shows.
The
Planning Center — Publications
(http://www.planningcenter.com/resources/force-frames.html?/resources/publications.html)
Videos
"Affordable Family Housing: A Bay Area Tour."
Produced by Margie McGovern Films, Inc. for the Non-Profit Housing
Association of Northern California. 1997. ($11)
This 10-minute video, featuring higher density
affordable housing in the San Francisco region, includes interviews
with residents, property managers, an assistant police chief as
well as business and political leaders. (415) 989-8160.
Non-Profit
Housing Association of Northern California — Publications
(http://www.nonprofithousing.org/knowledgebank/publications/index.atomic)
Web Resources
Affordable
Housing Design Advisor
(http://www.designadvisor.org/)
An excellent web page developed for the U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban Development with a lot of information and resources
on affordable housing and good design. While the focus is on affordable
housing, the information provided on good design applies to all
compact residential development. The –Design Considerations Checklist”
can be used to help develop guidelines for multifamily housing.
Includes sections on
- What is good design?
- Why good design is important?
- How to get good design?
- Tools and resources for achieving design quality
- Gallery of high quality affordable housing
- 20 steps to design quality; and
- The Design Considerations Checklist.
Design
Matters: Best Practices in Affordable Housing
(http://www.uic.edu/aa/cdc/AHDC/website/)
A web-based catalog of affordable housing located
throughout the U. S. compiled by the City Design Center at the University
of Illinois at Chicago. Developed with support from a number of
private foundations, it includes detailed information and photos
of projects from more than 20 states built between 1980-2000. Projects
can be searched using the following criteria:
- Architect
- Developer
- State
- Location Type
- Region
- Residential Type
- Construction Type
- Construction Practice
ULI/NMHC/AIA
Joint Forum on Housing Density
(http://research.uli.org/Content/Reports/PolicyPapers/PFR_670.pdf)
An Urban Land Institute "Land Use Policy
Forum Report." This 12-page document reports on a forum held
on February 7, 2002 in Washington, DC to examine the causes of community
opposition to increased residential density and the ways to overcome
that resistance. The forum brought together a diverse group of 40
real estate professionals, designers, developers, architects, planners,
elected officials, as well as leaders of community and environmental
organizations.
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