CHRISTOPHER ANDREWS ARCHITECT & TOWN PLANNER
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PART II: SUSTAINABLE STREETS
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| Drainage & vegetation plan | Typical
residential street |
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One major area of focus for the confluence of urban design, environmental planning and community based design is in the design of streets. Automobile roadways form the major public infrastructure of modern urbanization, as well as a source of both air and water pollution. The integration of the network of drainage and vegetation with roadways and walkways will result in a more sustainable pattern. Narrower roadways drain into tree lawns planted with selected grasses that absorb pollutants and filter storm drainage back into recharging underground aquifers.
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19th
century vision of Channahon |
A typical
residential street in the neighboring town of Minooka |
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FORWARD TO CHANNAHON PART III: THE REGULATING PLAN
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BACK TO CHANNAHON PART I: AN ECOLOGICAL URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE
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BACK TO TOWN PLANNING PROJECTS
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