What’s a sustainable urban density? Episode 159.

Is there a “sweet spot” for urban density that combines walkability with food and energy security? In today’s episode, I explore this question with two popular tools in several world cities, then extrapolate the tools to Edenicity. I also use first principles to calculate walk times to clinics, schools, transit and restaurants, and check that Edenicity’s garden-to-café food system makes economic sense. As a special bonus, I distill everything down to two look up tables you can use in your own explorations.

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Publications
Land Use Concept: https://www.edenicity.com/design.html
Housing Book: https://www.edenicity.com/hi4c.html
Win The Test Book: https://www.winthetest.com/

0:00 Intro
0:39 Density Examples
2:27 DensityTools
4:05 Comparing Cities
9:18 Table: transit stops
9:45 Edenicity
10:19 Medical Clinics
13:40 Schools
14:18 Edenicity Restaurants
15:56 Grocery Stores
16:17 Table: walkability, food, energy

Episodes Mentioned
City Nerd    • Density vs. Sprawl: A Spicy Top 10 List  
Edenicity    • Can Cities Grow ALL Their Food? Episode 99  
Edenicity    • 5 Things That Cost LESS in a Green City. E...  

Sources
https://www.tomforth.co.uk/circlepopu...
https://www.walkscore.com/score/rolli...
https://www.walkscore.com/score/new-y...
https://www.walkscore.com/CA/Los_Ange...
https://www.walkscore.com/score/rolli...
https://worldpopulationreview.com/cou...
https://urbanland.uli.org/economy-mar...

YouTube stills and book covers by the creators cited above. Images by Kev Polk, as cited above, public domain, or courtesy of Pexels.

Written and presented by Kev Polk.

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