{"id":2996,"date":"2013-11-08T20:23:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T20:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/?p=2996"},"modified":"2014-01-09T19:14:12","modified_gmt":"2014-01-09T19:14:12","slug":"compact-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/compact-development","title":{"rendered":"Compact Development for More Livable Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When people hear the word &#8220;density&#8221;, they often think of barracks-style public housing projects, overcrowding or crime-ridden inner cities. While some of the high-density development of the last 40 years has reinforced these perceptions, well-designed compact development can actually help create more livable communities. This <a title=\"PDF: Compact Development for More Livable Communities Factsheet\" href=\"http:\/\/lgc.org\/wordpress\/docs\/freepub\/community_design\/focus\/compact_development.pdf\">fact sheet<\/a> (PDF, 512 KB) illustrates the importance of including a mix of land uses, open space, landscaping, front porches, and providing amenities in compact development. An elected official&#8217;s checklist is provided to insure that compact housing fits into a community and is well-designed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a title=\"PDF: Compact Development for More Livable Communities Factsheet\" href=\"http:\/\/lgc.org\/wordpress\/docs\/freepub\/community_design\/focus\/compact_development.pdf\">Compact Development for More Livable Communities<\/a> (PDF, 512 KB).<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">For more information, call the Local Government Commission at 916-448-1198, or 1-800-290-8202.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><b>Other Resources<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"This View of Density\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sflcv.org\/density\/\" target=\"out_window\">&#8220;This View of Density&#8221;: San Francisco League of Conservation Voters Density Index<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Reasons Why Affordable Housing Does Not Lower Property Values\" href=\"compact-development-property-values\">&#8220;Why Affordable Housing Does Not Lower Property Values&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Compact Development Resources\" href=\"compact-development-afford\">Resources for Compact Development<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"left\"><i><div class=\"textBlock\" style=\"text-align:left;\">This project is funded by the Physical Activity and Health Initiative, California Department of Health Services under a Preventive Health Services Block Grant from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Work performed as part of a UC San Francisco contract.<\/div><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When people hear the word &#8220;density&#8221;, they often think of barracks-style public housing projects, overcrowding or crime-ridden inner cities. While some of the high-density development of the last 40 years&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[29,20],"class_list":["post-2996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resource","tag-community-design","tag-fact-sheet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2996"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3414,"href":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996\/revisions\/3414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mirror.lgc.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}