ARIZONA'S COOL (PLANNED) PLACES

In today's suburban communities, planners are still trying to find more sustainable solutions to sprawling growth and development. since the 1950s, developers have been creating large-scale master planned developments in the Phoenix metro area and throughout Arizona to accommodate the state...

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Published in:Planning 2016-01, Vol.82 (1), p.28
Main Author: Hogan, Terri Shepherd
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Architecture
Art galleries & museums
Baby boomers
Census
Censuses
Housing developments
Industrial development
Land
Land use planning
Luxury homes
Master planned communities
Metropolitan areas
Planners
Population growth
Quality of life
Recreational use
Residential communities
Residential development
Retirement
Rural areas
Soleri, Paolo
Suburban areas
Suburban development
Suburbs
Sustainable development
Urban areas
Urban planning
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Summary:In today's suburban communities, planners are still trying to find more sustainable solutions to sprawling growth and development. since the 1950s, developers have been creating large-scale master planned developments in the Phoenix metro area and throughout Arizona to accommodate the state's rapidly increasing population. Characterized by exponential growth during the last few decades, Phoenix grew nearly 9.5% between 2000 and 2010. Much of the region's development can correctly be deemed sprawl. Their urban center has continuously expanded into outlying rural areas to the extent that the Phoenix metro area has often been characterized as an endless spread of suburban sameness. Sun City is a census-designated place of approximately 40,000 people in unincorporated Maricopa County. Sun City was originally called "the great social experiment" and is considered by many to be the world's first active adult retirement community. Single-family and multifamily residential are the leading land uses, with supporting recreational and commercial development.
ISSN:0001-2610
2162-4577