What is the goal of "new urbanism"?

a. to provide modern urban attractions (high-speed Internet, cultural institutions, and so on)

b. to rural areas so people will return

c. to a rural lifestyle to create functional neighborhoods in which most of a family's needs can be met close to home without the use of a car. d. to shift transportation planning away from SUV-sized vehicles

e. to accommodate hybrid cars to improve quality of life by separating residential from all other types of development

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10 March, 02:23

What is the goal of "new urbanism"?

a. to provide modern urban attractions (high-speed Internet, cultural institutions, and so on)

b. to rural areas so people will return

c. to a rural lifestyle to create functional neighborhoods in which most of a family's needs can be met close to home without the use of a car. d. to shift transportation planning away from SUV-sized vehicles

e. to accommodate hybrid cars to improve quality of life by separating residential from all other types of development

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Leonie · Answer 1

c. to a rural lifestyle to create functional neighborhoods in which most of a family's needs can be met close to home without the use of a car. d. to shift transportation planning away from SUV-sized vehicles.

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The urban design movement developed in the United States in the 1980's by creating a wide range of housing and jobs, walk-able neighborhood, diversity of people, quality architecture, etc. The concept of new urbanism enforces an environmental friendly habituate by countering the ills of suburban sprawl. Suburban development in the period following the second world war led to urban planning strategies and municipal land-use policies to create better places to live.