Subject: Re: [permaculture] Agrarian suburbs - a good idea
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2002 10:09:51 -0700
> From: "Russ + Fiona... PacificEdge"
> The development would be medium density so that a population large enough to
> support a local economy moves in. The problem with many ecovillages is that
> they do not house enough people to generate a realistic degree of economic
> activity
Is a diversity of habitation part of this plan? One of the good parts of
what's going on in the Portland area is that the "hubs" are planned with
multi-story residence-over-commercial buildings next to the mass transit;
the entire cluster is walking distance from the mass transit, but as you
travel out from the center, the density & height of buildings decreases.
This gives potential residents a wide range of options.
-Rick