Movement
New Urbanism
Explore in the Atlas →A planning reform movement advocating walkability, mixed use and traditional neighbourhood design as an alternative to sprawl.
Settlement
Details
- Origin
- United States
Classifications
- Holder
- Individual
- Source of authority
- ReasonObservation
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Hegemonic
- Degree of codification
- Highly codifiedPattern based
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Propositional
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Referenced by
- Andrés Duany associated with
- Suburban Nation exemplifies
- Jeff Speck associated with
- Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk associated with
Sources
- Peter Katz. The New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community. McGraw-Hill, 1994.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "New Urbanism." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/new-urbanism/. Accessed July 17, 2026.