Community Image Surveys
How the Survey Helps Create A More Livable Community
The Community Image Survey can help educate people about what
makes a community more livable. In most cases, people will select
images of pedestrian-, bicycle- and transit-friendly neighborhoods
over car-dominated areas; Main Street shopping districts over
huge malls and giant parking lots.
As a citizen participation tool, the survey process empowers
residents to become a part of the community planning process,
and makes people aware of the compromises inherent in design and
land use decisions.
After learning about land use alternatives through the Community
Image Survey, community members can then develop a common vision
of the physical characteristics they would like to see in the
future design of their community. This vision can then be incorporated
into the community's zoning ordinances, design guidelines and
planning documents.
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