History of the Strategic Regional Policy Plan

History of the Strategic Regional Policy Plan      
Overview of the Orientation Series        
 Neighborhood Scale        
Neighborhood Center and Edge        
Streets, Blocks, and Alleys: Achieving a Network of Walkable Streets        
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Traditional neighborhoods have specific sizes usually based upon walking distances equivalent to a quarter-mile radius. When the neighborhood combines with other traditional neighborhoods, it becomes a town. In contrast, sprawl is a series of isolated pods that are not well connected to one another. The amount of land acquired by the developer typically determines the size of the pod. When these pods stand alone in the landscape, it is sprawl. When these pods combine with others, it remains sprawl.