ABSTRACT
Sustainable designers have the potential to transform cities into thriving, healthy, and equitable places to live and work. The urban scale also includes other types of settlement patterns including suburban areas, small towns, hamlets, and rural areas, each with their advantages and disadvantages when compared with typical cities. Bioinspired design and resiliency strategies are part of sustainable urban design. They directly impact the health within cities by reducing exposure to pollution and disease, encouraging physical exercise, and increasing access to fresh food with urban agriculture. “Place” has emerging as the major value in planning and urban design. It is the basis for a holistic approach to reimagining and regenerating urban neighborhoods and industrial sites. New Urbanism begins with placemaking at the center of its approach. It starts with the idea that good neighborhoods have been built for thousands of years and can serve as a model for new developments or urban infill projects.
