ABSTRACT
At the heart of creating concrete visions for the Regional City is the notion that they can be “designed.” We use the term “design” not in the typical sense of artistically configuring a physical form but to imply a process that synthesizes many disciplines. Regional design is an act that integrates multiple facets at once: the demands of the region’s ecology, its economy, its history, its politics, its regulations, its culture, and its social structure. And its results are specific physical forms as well as abstract goals and policies – regional maps and neighborhood urban design standards as well as implementation strategies, governmental policies, and financing mechanisms.
