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A Theoretical Assessment of the ‘Neotraditional’ Settlement Form by Dimensions of Performance

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  • R Banai

    (Graduate Program in City and Regional Planning, The University of Memphis, 226 Johnson Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, USA)

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The ‘neotraditional’ town is receiving increasing popular, professional, and scholarly attention. Its proponents argue that its design features provide a viable alternative to the modern city and its sprawling suburbs. That critical and normative argument is assessed in this paper by means of Lynch's A Theory of Good City Form and the five performance dimensions given therein. The theory aids in synthesizing otherwise disparate elements of the neotraditional discourse, while subjecting it to a comprehensive and normative critique. The paper is concluded with an assessment of the neotraditional town design in deference to the performance dimensions.

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  • R Banai, 1996. "A Theoretical Assessment of the ‘Neotraditional’ Settlement Form by Dimensions of Performance," Environment and Planning B, , vol. 23(2), pages 177-190, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:envirb:v:23:y:1996:i:2:p:177-190
    DOI: 10.1068/b230177
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