ABSTRACT
There has been a rising sentiment in cities such as Phoenix that the quality of the urban environment is to great extent dependent upon those constructed elements which constitute the infrastructure of the city, namely the roads, utility corridors and the open spaces which collectively comprise the ecological infrastructure. There has also been a rising call for design review as a method for achieving higher quality built environments, particularly in areas that have seen rapid growth within the past decade. Development has been seen in some circumstances as offensive for communities and, in response to the perceived limitations of traditional zoning and building regulations to effectively control such concerns, design review has been viewed as a way to control the situation. Most design review tends to focus on building and site development. The government reviews the work of the governed.
