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Community design is the way we place the building blocks of our built environment - the buildings, roads, sidewalks, parking lots and public spaces - relative to each other and within the context of the natural environment - the streams, wetlands, lakes and hills. There are many different ways of arranging these building blocks, and some work better than others. Community design affects both how our communities look and how they function.
This section explains the importance of design in the many diverse aspects of smart growth, and offers advice and recommendations for how to improve the design of your community.
This section of the Smart Growth Gateway is possible thanks to Carlos Rodrigues and the Rutgers University Department of Landscape Architecture. Visit its website at la56.rutgers.edu/rula/.