• Building Blocks of Design
  • Buildings
  • Street Blocks
  • Streets
  • Neighborhoods
  • Communities
• Design Dimensions
  • Lot sizes
  • Street widths
  • Block lengths and depths
  • Building footprints
  • Public spaces
• Design Networks
  • Circulation
  • Open Space
  • Social

• NJ Department of Community Affairs, Office of Smart Growth: www.nj.gov/dca/osg/resources/design.html
• "Designing New Jersey" handbook, by the NJ Dept. of Community Affairs: www.nj.gov/dca/osg/docs/designingnj060100.pdf
• Mayor's Institute on City Design: www.rpa.org/pdf/mayorsinstitute.pdf The NJ Office of Smart Growth and the Regional Plan Association's community design education program to New Jersey mayors.
• Project for Public Spaces: www.pps.org/ PPS is a nonprofit technical assistance, research and educational organization. Their mission - to create and sustain public places that build communities - is achieved through programs in parks, plazas and central squares; transportation; public buildings and architecture and public markets.
• Scenic America's Community Design recommendations: www.scenic.org/community.htm
• Creating Quality Places: Successful Communities By Design: www.qualityplaces.marc.org/ This is a program of the Mid-America Regional Council (MARC) to encourage alternative design practices throughout the Kansas City area.