Unjerked E47 Urban Design Part 3

In the final installment of the series on urban design, William Henderson and B. McGraw discuss how physical environments can create a sense of community. They talk about how designs like atriums or parks can help facilitate social interaction between neighbors. Following this, they go over the importance of social capital, and how people of different classes interacting can be good for social mobility in a city. Then they discuss the housing crisis, and how Tokyo and Vienna's models show how to make housing affordable. They continue talking about ways to improve cities, to include best practice for transportation, for zoning, and for infrastructure. Finally, they talk about the pros and cons of urban, rural, and suburban living. They then wrap up with a summary of what makes good city design. 00:27 — Sense of community & public space design 01:42 — Urban form and social inequality 02:36 — Social capital and economic mobility 06:51 — Tokyo's permissive zoning model 09:41 — Vienna/Singapore public housing model 11:16 — Transit subsidization 14:03 — Grid streets, replacing stroads with arterials, bike lines, dedicated lanes 15:41 — Big-box stores vs. corner stores 18:13 — Elevated & daylighted intersections, roundabouts 19:45 — Zoning: mixed use, densification, industrial separation 20:16 — How to fix bad zoning in a city you love 21:19 — Interest rates and development 21:57 — Modularized construction, utilities right-sizing, greenery 23:20 — Atlanta highway-cap park project 24:25 — Encouraging retrofittable buildings 24:54 — Example cities: Barcelona 26:22 — When do suburbs make sense 29:32 — Urban/rural political divide Did you like this episode? Follow the Unjerked Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, or wherever podcasts are played, so you won't miss a new one.