Sustainable Built Environments Senior Capstone / This Capstone looks into the aspects of planned communities that are successful in reducing the need for automobile usage among residents. / The goal of this study is to assess automobile use in sustainably developed communities
and note the ways in which these communities successfully reduce the need for personal
automobiles. In response to research about the environmental and health effects of urban sprawl,
developers have pushed for sustainably developed communities. These master plan communities
follow particular guidelines and set goals to alleviate their effect on the environment and help
reduce the negative effects of sprawling development. Because auto-dependency is a sign of
sprawl, it is important that these communities develop in such a way that reduce citizens’
reliance on personal automobiles. This study will examine three separate master planned
communities in the Tucson region and assess how each one addresses the issue of automobile
usage, examining common factors between the different communities and what factors make
these communities successful. This study found that several factors are important in reducing
automobile use. These examples of successful development will potentially help future
communities be successful in reducing automobile usage.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:arizona.edu/oai:arizona.openrepository.com:10150/552635 |
| Date | 12 May 2015 |
| Creators | Hart, Michael |
| Contributors | College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture, Adkins, Dr. Arlie, Keith, Ladd; Iuliano, Joey |
| Publisher | The University of Arizona. |
| Source Sets | University of Arizona |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
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