Comments on: Milton: Unique or a carbon-copy? http://zhamid.ca/opinion/milton-unique-or-a-carbon-copy/ Milton Town Councillor for Ward 8 Tue, 15 May 2012 14:10:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jan Mowbrayhttp://zhamid.ca/opinion/milton-unique-or-a-carbon-copy/comment-page-1/#comment-1752 Jan Mowbray Sun, 02 May 2010 15:31:34 +0000 http://www.zhamid.ca/opinion/milton-unique-or-a-carbon-copy/#comment-1752 Zeeshan, At the simplest level Urban Design concerns the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public space.UD promotes a pedestrian friendly environment, a street-scape that relates to the human form, right down to the street furniture and the relationship of those pieces to each other to create opportunities for human connections.People first, in other words. A "perfect grid" is irrelevant, and isn't prefect anyway, unless it's made for human beings to interact. You might like to check out Form Based Codes. Form relates to function relates to....here is one link: http://www.slideshare.net/CNU17/achieving-sustainability-using-formbased-codes-and-the-transect-parolek-cnu-17 Zeeshan,
At the simplest level Urban Design concerns the arrangement, appearance and functionality of towns and cities, and in particular the shaping and uses of urban public space.

UD promotes a pedestrian friendly environment, a street-scape that relates to the human form, right down to the street furniture and the relationship of those pieces to each other to create opportunities for human connections.

People first, in other words.
A “perfect grid” is irrelevant, and isn’t prefect anyway, unless it’s made for human beings to interact.
You might like to check out Form Based Codes. Form relates to function relates to….here is one link:
http://www.slideshare.net/CNU17/achieving-sustainability-using-formbased-codes-and-the-transect-parolek-cnu-17

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