2 Flashcards
Accessibility
The ease of getting from one place to another
Bid-Rent
The amount of money a particular parcel of land could expect to receive. (Synonymous with land value)
Not necessarily how much it is WORTH, but how much it expects to RECEIVE
Prime Value Intersection (PVI)
Point in the city with the greatest degree of access. Point where all other land values are determined.
Access Costs
the costs associated with distance for a particular function
Central Business District (CBD)
The core of the city, where transport networks converge and land uses are dominated by retail and office functions.
Bid Rent
Land Value at PVI – Access Costs
CBD roles in a city
Central Market Place
Major Transportation Node
Administrative Center
High-level producer services/command and control centres
High land values, high intensity
Area with few or no residential functions
The problem with allowing markets to determine value of parcels of land in the city:
Sustainability and liveability of a city is based on good land use planning.
Vancouver’s PVI
Burrard/West Georgia.
Area is home to large corporation offices, hotels, banks, govt. offices, investors, lawyers.
666 Burrard - highest rent. - 57 dollars per square ft.
Burrard station
CBD’s are being challenged by
Suburban and industrial development. These things draw people away from the CBD.
Good Density
- diversity of people (positionality)
- mixed use development
- ideally: people can live, work and play, all within walking distance
- Multimodal options: priority on walking, biking and transit
- High level of amenity (density not only liveable but loveable)
- High quality urban design
- built environments that foster social cohesion and interaction
How dense should a city be? (Brent Toderian)
At any scale, well designed density works. You can increase density and increase.
If poorly designed, increase density and living quality decreases.
No specific number because it is not a mathematical exercise - its a qualitative exercise.
Good density (Brent Toderian)
BRENT TODERIAN:
- Multimodal thinking: priority on walking, biking and transit
- High level of amenity (density not only liveable but loveable)
- High quality urban design
if you design a city for cars, you _________
if you design a city for cars, you fail everyone, including drivers.
problem with the economist’s ranking of liveability.
liveability and quality of life are often qualitative, and not just mathematical, quantifiable things
Problem with suburban sprawl
- distances between everything
- low density
- car dependent
- low quality of experience for the space available
- ## public transit doesn’t run frequently
Best transportation plan is a ______ (Brent Toderian)
Land Use Plan.
Land use and the built environment influence travel behaviours in a number of ways.
Land use and the built environment influence travel behaviours in a number of ways:
- Destinations — locating major destinations and centres
at rapid transit stations or along corridors makes them
easy to serve efficiently with frequent transit - Distance — a well-connected, fine-grain pedestrian
network enables shorter, more direct walking
connections and is easier to serve cost-effectively with
transit - Density — higher levels of residential and employment
density support more local amenities within walking and
cycling distance, and justify high levels of transit service. - Diversity — a diverse mix of land uses and housing
types makes it easier to live, work, shop, and play
without having to travel far - Design — well-designed buildings and public realm
create intere
Transport, land use and DENSITY
higher levels of residential and employment
density support more local amenities within walking and cycling distance, and justify high levels of transit service
Transport, land us and MIXED USE PLANNING
A diverse mix of land uses and housing
types makes it easier to live, work, shop, and play
without having to travel far
External factors affecting land value
- Easier for foreign investors to buy real estate due to globalization of financial markets
- Immigration increase has expanded the demand for land and housing
- Recent immigrants tend to have higher permanent incomes, which increased their housing consumption (in Vancouver)
The latest census counted more than _____ empty homes in Vancouver.
25,500 (more than 8% of the city’s total housing stock)
Empty home tax
1% of property val
CBD is the center of..
all relative costs
