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3. River 250 acres
Lakes 285 acres
Meadow 780 acres
Wetland 300 acres
Woodland 215 acres 1,830 acres
Parkland 250 acres
Promenade 20 acres
Parkway 115 acres
2,215 acres
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4. 19,000 trees at maturity will
sequester about 380 tons of CO2…
…the equivalent of about
750,000 miles travelled in an
automobile
http://www.flickr.com/photos/50872211@N05/
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5. 300 acres of wetland would annually
sequester from 3,000 to 4,000 tons of
CO2.
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8. AUTOMOBILES CLAIM MORE THAN 40,000
DEATHS EACH YEAR
IN DALLAS AUTO DEATHS OCCUR
AT A RATE OF 11.35 PER 100,000
POPULATION; ONLY 2.45 PER
100,000 IN SAN FRANCISCO
Source:
Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, Richard Jackson:
―Urban Sprawl and Public Health‖
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9. ABOUT 300,000 PEOPLE DIE PREVENTABLE
DEATHS EACH YEAR AS A RESULT OF BEING
OBESE..
FOR DIABETICS, WALKING JUST 2 HOURS PER
WEEK CAN REDUCE THEIR DEATH RATE BY
40%
Source:
Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, Richard Jackson:
―Urban Sprawl and Public Health‖ http://www.flickr.com/photos/combinedmedia/
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10. RUNS ON MONEY, RUNS ON FAT,
MAKES YOU FAT MAKES YOU
MONEY
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11. 10% OF THE U.S. POPULATION
SUFFER FROM ASTHMA
ABOUT 64,000 PEOPLE A YEAR DIE
FROM PM EXPOSURE—MORE THAN
DIE FROM AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENTS.
Source:
Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, Richard Jackson: http://www.flickr.com/photos/unspecific/193481842/
―Urban Sprawl and Public Health‖
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12. 1,000 acres of potential
redevelopment adjacent to
the Trinity River Corridor
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15. 1,000 acres…
55% reservation for public
space and services, yields…
450 acres for development, at
FAR 3 yields…
58 million SF of construction,
at $150 / SF, yields…
$8.8 billion
development
value
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16. 1,000 acres…
55% reservation for public
space and services, yields…
450 acres for development, at
50 du’s / acre yields…
22,500 households, at 2.5
people unit yields,……
56,000
population
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17. 1,000 acres…
55% reservation for public
space and services, yields…
450 acres for development, at
50
65 du’s / acre yields…
22,500
29,000 households, at 2.25
2.5
people unit yields,……
100,000
72,000
population
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18. 1,000 acres…to suburban
As compared
development, a 100,000 ―in-
town‖ population for public
55% reservation potentially
space and services, yields…
means:
•150 millions development, at
450 acres for saved auto
65 du’s / acre yields… 20% commute
commuter miles (assumes
avg 30 daily miles)
29,000 households, at 2.25
•75, 000 less tons of CO2
people unit yields,……
•2 lives spared from auto-
related deaths
65,000
population
•Less obesity, diabetes and
respiratory ailments
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21. STREET WIDTH IS A STRONG PREDICTOR OF
AUTOMBILE CRASH RISK—MORE SO THAN CURB
CUTS AND STREET TREES.
24’ WIDE STREETS ARE STATISCALLY SAFER THAT
30’ WIDE STREETS.
Source:
Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, Richard Jackson:
―Urban Sprawl and Public Health‖
CASTRO VALLEY BOULEVARD
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22. TWICE AS MANY PEOPLE ARE OVERWEIGHT IN
“LOW WALKABLE” NEIGHBORHOODS THAN
THOSE IN “HIGH WALKABLE”
NEIGHBORHOODS
Source:
Howard Frumkin, Lawrence Frank, Richard Jackson:
―Urban Sprawl and Public Health‖
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24. 21st Avenue and Tibbetts Green Street
bioswale/ rain garden in Portland, Oregon http://www.flickr.com/photos/sitephocus/
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34. WHOLE
CITY
DESIGN
• COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
• HOUSING
• TRANSIT
• CIVIC PLACES
• GREEN
INFRASTRUCTURE
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