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CAPTURING CORNERS

NEIGHBORHOODREVITALIZATION THROUGH

ECOLOGICAL DEMOCRACYAndrew Clarke

Brett Shoffner

University of Missouri-Kansas City


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WHAT IS CAPTURING CORNERS?

Corners are gateways to neighborhoods First thing people see when entering; last thing seen when leaving.

Anchor for:Community ConnectednessPerceptual InclusivenessGreen InfrastructureSense of PlaceEconomic Vitality

The Greatest

Urban Spaces are

Street Corners.

William H. Whyte


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ECOLOGICAL DEMOCRACY

Ecological Democracy (Hester, 2006) Government by people emphasizing direct, hands-on involvement. Actions guided by understanding natural processes and social

relationships within locality and larger environmental context.

Causes us to creatively reassess individual needs, happiness, andlong-term community good

Changes the form cities take which creates a new urban ecology

Urban design builds ecological democracyor destroys it


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ECOLOGICAL DEMOCRACY

Residents form must be Enabled

Get to know neighbors Get to know land Get to know self

Resilient Diverse Adaptable Interconnectedness of urban ecosystems

Impelled Make a city to touch peoples hearts

Tenants of Ecological Democracy

Centeredness

Connectedness

SacrednessParticularness

Selective Diversity

Limited Extent

Adaptability

NaturalnessReciprocal Stewardship


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HOW CAPTURING CORNERS WORKS

Neighborhood Revitalization throughCommunity Sustainability

Five Es (Randolph, 2004) Equity Socially just Economy Resourcefully profitable Environment Ecologically responsible Engagement Committedly accessible Eternity- Adaptably sacred


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People are attracted by other people! (Whyte, 1988)

Corners are natural crossroads Bulk of conversations occur within pedestrian flow (Gehl,1987)

Good places need pedestrian connections

Corners must be designed to capture people.


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Integrating Sustainability into Urban DesignCommunity Connectedness

Equity Socially justPerceptual Inclusiveness

Engagement Committedly accessibleGreen Infrastructure

Environment Ecologically responsibleEconomic Vitality

Economy Resourcefully profitableSense of Place

Eternity- Adaptably sacred


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CAPTURING CORNERS

SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

Community ConnectednessSense of Place

Social Equity People are treated fairly regardless of cultural background

Environmental Justice People are not unjustly subject to health hazards


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CAPTURING CORNERS

SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY

Symbolic Ownership Perceptual InclusionIdentity, Structure, & Meaning (Lynch, 1960)Symbolically meaningful and keenly felt relationships

with our environment resonate through all cultures(Tuan, 1974)

People are equally concerned with the social, landuse, and physical design aspects of streets (Mehta,2007)

Identity vs. Image (Montgomery, 1998)


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CAPTURING CORNERS

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY

Green Infrastructure Ecologically ResponsibleVegetative SwalesRain GardensRain BarrelsTreesGreen RoofsPervious PavementsOpen Green SpacesUrban Agriculture

GI is two components-Hubs

-Linkages (Benedict and McMahon, 2006)

Capturing Corners can act as both.

The City must be

recognized as part of nature and

designed accordingly. Anne Whiston Spirn


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CAPTURING CORNERS

ECONOMIC SUSTAINABILITY

Economic VitalityProperty Tax Value IncreasesHousing and Commercial

City/State Tax revenueCultural ContextEasy/Low Cost to maintain native Green

Infrastructure


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CAPTURING CORNERS

COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY

Sense of PlaceFace to face relationships have a geographical basis and

are foundation for neighborhood definition (Cooley,1909) (Park, 1952)

Residents form must be enabled, resilient, and impelled.

PEOPLE DEFINE PLACE!


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CAPTURING CORNERS DESIGN

Corners must be designed for everyoneIntentionality (Husserl, 1913) (Pepper, Perkins, & Youngs 1984)

(Relph, 1976)

Provide Identity (Von Meiss, 1990) Responsive to users needs/values, community participation in

design process, adaptable environments

Accessible Walkable, Bike Friendly, Mass Transit Corridors

Natural beauty using landscape aestheticsGateways for Neighborhoods Reflection on City as whole


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CAPTURING CORNERS - INTEGRATION

Social, Environmental, & Economic Sustainability

Ecologically Democratic

Accessible, Adaptable, & Aesthetic

Equitable, Engaged, & Enabled

People are attracted to place, in turn attractingother people, creating sustainable communities.

Professional Cooperation

Urban Administrators

Urban Planners

Architects

Civil Engineers

Community Organizers

Landscape Architects

Social Psychologists

Educators

Elected Officials


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REFERENCES Benedict, Mark A., and Edward McMahon. 2006. Green Infrastructure: Linking Landscapes and Communities. Washington, DC: Island. Cooley, CH. 1909. Social Organization: A Study of the Larger Mind. New York: Charles Scribners Sons. Gehl, Jan. 1987. Life between Buildings: Using Public Space. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Hester, Randolph T. 2006. Design for Ecological Democracy. Cambridge, MA: MIT. Husserl, Edmund.1913. Ideen Zu Einer Reinen Phnomenologie Und Phnomenologischen Philosophie: Erstes Buch, Allgemeine Einfhrung

in Die Reine Phnomenologie. trans. Kersten, F., 1982. The Hague: Nijhoff.

Lynch, Kevin. 1960. The Image of the City. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mehta, Vikas. 2007. Lively Streets: Determining Environmental Characteristics to Support Social Behavior.Journal of Planning

Education and Research, 27 (2), 165-187.

Montgomery, J. 1998. Making a City: Urbanity, Vitality and Urban Design.Journal ofUrban Design 3 (1), pp 93-116. Park, RE. 1952. Human Communities: The City and Human Ecology. Glencoe, IL: The Free Press. Pepper, David, John Perkins, and Martyn J. Youngs. 1984. The Roots of Modern Environmentalism. London: Croom Helm. Randolph, John. 2004. Environmental Land Use Planning and Management. Washington: Island. Relph, E. C. 1976. Place and Placelessness. London: Pion. Spirn, Anne Whiston. 1984. The Granite Garden: Urban Nature and Human Design. New York: Basic. Tuan, Yi-fu. 1974. Topophilia: A Study of Environmental Perception, Attitudes, and Values . Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Von Meiss, Pierre. 1990. Elements of Architecture: From Form to Place. London: Van Nostrand Reinhold. Whyte, William H. 1988. City: Rediscovering the Center. New York: Anchor.

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