Popularity of progressive etymologically declares the phrase
New Urbanism as freestyle life, yet, it’s a euphemism for confined social
derogation to the not so progressive populous.
Nonetheless, the importance of
sustainable urban growth surpasses political and religious agendas of
ideology. The pretzel based logic of
progressivism has twisted itself into a confinement of politically bias morals
wanting value. The objective to sustainable
urban growth requires so much more than requirements to confined living space.
In
the modern world; if a product can be consumed more easily from a store, nature
is too slow. So goes life in the fast pace
of our car culture, in too big of a hurry to watch grass grows. For urban growth; any residential dwelling
deprived of a sky view and an eatable garden, strips elements of harmony from
one’s quality of life.
Value judgments are a necessity to personal increase
but, are made by an individual’s choice.
A minor value judgment is whether a resident will choose to grow one’s
own food or go to the store or restaurant.
Striped of an option to grow one’s own garden foods adds to an unsustainable
life environment.
Growing a portion of an individual’s food impacts an area’s
economy. When a garden can produce
harvests that are marketable to neighbors the economic effect is greater. When small gardens are abundant, the result
can be measurably accounted for economically by a healthier community.
The
challenge to New Urbanism is the tentacles of trends. When planners and designers meet the
repetitiveness of bureaucracy; creativity is stifled and efficiency
vanishes. Government agencies mandating
design opinions based on popular trends or adhering to the terminology of a
particular political viewpoint produce failed policy. Ideas that began with rooftop garden
innovation for the purpose of sustainability have expanded to the modern
greening popularity. Any policy which
lacks the importance of mineral nutrition is given over to mineral deprived
hydroponics, herbicides, and genetically modified organisms that have the
nutritional value of waxed faux food.
Government has a pattern of foisting
failed policies. The task of
bureaucratic procedure is to ensure its existence and is the nemesis to
innovation and independent thought.
Staff policy is set by the opinion of properly trained and conditioned
management to enhance department budgeting.
The importance of sustainable urban growth has to be cognizant of these
government flaws. It must be recognized
that the living space restrictions in Government legislation is vulnerable to decisions
made by the popularity of terminology from a correct political viewpoint
lacking a coherent root understanding of what sustainable urban growth entails. The inanity of this is that politics is
misplaced for value and lacks personal increase to citizens.
Failed
government policies that force groups of people into the confinement of high
density residential projects cause disastrous negative social reaction. Basic laws of physics reveal an explosion is
more violent when wrapped in a tight container.
The foundation of urban
growth, that is; the most important and fundamental core of all sustainable
urban growth is its transportation. In
the popularity of nearly all New Urbanism conversation is its lack of
recognition to what is at the core of urban growth: sustainable
transportation. There is much excitement
and fanfare for electric cars and even automated cars. A freeway full of electric or
automated-vehicle traffic is still subjected to overload when the number of
vehicles exceeds its designed capacity.
In other words; the electric and automated cars are still in the
classification of unsustainable transportation with their automobile centric
land-use road design.
New Urbanism practice which expounds on transit
oriented development generally acknowledges the unsustainable automobile
centric designs. The exercise of transit
oriented development with street car implementation was a practical approach to
urban growth in the 19th century.
Today’s social temperature is in desperate need of new and appropriate
transit options, however, street cars were designed as a mode of transportation
in the 1800s. Today’s societal needs
require more diversified transit system load and delivery options.
This again
says New Technology Transit with Transit Oriented Development is the only way
to attain sustainable urban growth. The
point of this post is pointing out that eatable gardens must be implemented in
the residential component of development design.
