ribbon development

, Netherlands Ribbon development refers to the building of houses along the routes of communications radiating from a human settlement. The resulting linear settlements are clearly visible on land use maps and aerial photographs, giving cities and the countryside a particular character. Such development has generated authorities' opposition in debate, and policies, most notably since the 1920s insofar as the British Empire was (and many European countries remain) an example of economically beneficial, sustainable, quality-of-living-centred Town and Country Planning, real estate policy or urban design. Normally the first ribbons are focused on roads. Following the Industrial Revolution, dotted or joined-up ribbon development emerged along railway lines, predominantly in Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. However, the investment required to build railway stations, the ensuing attractiveness of easy rail access, and need for accompanying roads often led to new small settlements outside of the center city. Such strips yielded attractive home locations on isolated roads as increasing motor car ownership meant that houses could be sold easily even if they were remote from workplaces and urban centres. Developers were pleased to not have to construct additional roads, thereby saving money and plot space.…

, Netherlands Ribbon development refers to the building of houses along the routes of communications radiating from a human settlement. The resulting linear settlements are clearly visible on land use maps and aerial photographs, giving cities and the countryside a particular character. Such development has generated authorities' opposition in debate, and policies, most notably since the 1920s insofar as the British Empire was (and many European countries remain) an example of economically beneficial, sustainable, quality-of-living-centred Town and Country Planning, real estate policy or urban design. Normally the first ribbons are focused on roads. Following the Industrial Revolution, dotted or joined-up ribbon development emerged along railway lines, predominantly in Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. However, the investment required to build railway stations, the ensuing attractiveness of easy rail access, and need for accompanying roads often led to new small settlements outside of the center city. Such strips yielded attractive home locations on isolated roads as increasing motor car ownership meant that houses could be sold easily even if they were remote from workplaces and urban centres. Developers were pleased to not have to construct additional roads, thereby saving money and plot space. Ribbon developments specifically are between urban areas, appealing to new residents needing or wanting to access points in opposite directions linked in any way by their road or railway. The extent of this development practice around roads led to several problems becoming more intense. Ribbon developments were ultimately recognized as an inefficient use of resources, economically meriting bypass roads to be added, and often served as a precursor to untrammelled urban sprawl. Thus a key aim for Britain's post-war planning system was a presumption in planning guidance, in its loosest terms becoming a convention based on its inherent economic and traffic arguments, that new ribbon development would not be permitted. Urban sprawl/suburbanization of large areas led to the introduction of green belt policies, new towns, planned suburbs and garden cities.

See also

Green belt Linear village One-off housing Towards an Urban Renaissance Urban Sprawl

References

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