Development Density and Community Connectivity

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	New Research Shows Walkable Neighborhoods Key to Health EBN: Newsbrief - February 2013		Residential Infill Development Increasing EBN: Newsbrief - February 2013
	Build Up, Not Out, for Property Tax Revenue EBN: Newsbrief - October 2012		More U.S. Farmland Lost to Development EBN: Newsbrief - April 2011
	Study Shows Homes Save More Energy from Location Than Efficiency BuildingGreen.com: What's Happening - February 2011		More Cyclists + Better Design = Safer Roadways EBN: What's Happening - February 2011

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20 River Terrace – The Solaire (360,000 sq. feet) (33,000 sq. meters) Multi-unit residential 221 Molalla (34,000 sq. feet) (3,200 sq. meters) Retail, Commercial office 30 Hudson Street (1,600,000 sq. feet) (140,000 sq. meters) Commercial office Alcyone (200,000 sq. feet) (19,000 sq. meters) Restaurant, Multi-unit residential Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (27,000 sq. feet) (2,500 sq. meters) Other

20 River Terrace – The Solaire The Solaire at 20 River Terrace is a 27-story, 293-unit, glass-and-brick residential tower in Batter...

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Videos
	Subdivide and Conquer: A Modern Western (1999)
Periodicals
	CoHousing: Contemporary Approaches to Housing Ourselves The Cohousing Association of the United States, publisher		New Urban News: Covering design and development of human-scale neighborhoods New Urban News, publisher
	Urban Ecology: Design, Policy, and Action for Our Changing Cities Urban Ecology, publisher
Books
	A Legal Guide to Urban and Sustainable Development for Planners, Developers, and Architects by Daniel Slone et al. (2008)		Visualizing Density by Julie Campoli et al. (2007)
	Senior Cohousing: A Community Approach to Independent Living -- The Handbook by Charles Durrett (2005)		Toward Sustainable Communities: Resources for Citizens and Their Governments, 3rd Edition by Mark Roseland (2005)
Articles and Reports
	High Performance Building Guidelines (1999)

ARTICLES New Research Shows Walkable Neighborhoods Key to Health EBN: Newsbrief - February 2013 More articles CASE STUDIES 20 River Terrace – The Solaire New York, NY More case studies BIBLIOGRAPHY New Urban News : Covering design and development of human-scale neighborhoods New Urban News, publisher More bibliography items

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