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Newest eco-development model: ‘Agricultural urbanism’
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New Urban News Article with images and graph, 6/1/08
Farms and gardens would be key to a self-sustaining 2,000-home development envisioned in British Columbia.
An eight-day charrette in May, led by Andres Duany, laid out an innovative, agriculturally-oriented path that new urbanists could start using in communities that are worried about losing farm land.

Landscape
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Chapter 26 of the New Urbanism Best Practices Guide
This chapter looks at difficulties that trees encounter in the urban environment, such as poor soil, compaction, inadequate drainage, utility trenches, undersized tree grates, and excessive paving. The text then explains recommended practices, such as installing trenches with a “structural soil volume” allowing roots to grow beneath sidewalks. An excerpt and illustrations from the Verano [Texas] Community Design Book provide recommendations governing continuous tree planting, planting in grates, medians, and promenades, and planting along park drives. Agricultural urbanism — the integration of farms and gardens of varying scales into a community — is explored.