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Table 4: At 20 units/acre: Pedestrians drop to 7%, Gardens 33%, Buildings 32%, Cars 28%

Demonstrates how a 12% density increase (from 16 to 20 units/acre) causes dramatic pedestrian space loss.

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

Claims (1)

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A density of 16 dwellings (or units) per acre is roughly the upper limit of what can be achieved while keeping the environment humane.
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The central density threshold claim derived from the interaction of the four colors.

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Chapter 9: The Way That Living Processes Can Guide The Reconstruction Of An Urban Neighborhood
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The working unit that describes the four-fold pattern process for transforming blighted neighborhoods into living structures.

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Entities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.

Table 3: Progresso percentages at 16 units/acre: Pedestrians 17%, Gardens 30%, Buildings 28%, Cars 25%finding0.894
Specific target percentages for the Progresso neighborhood at the upper limit of humane density.
At 40-80 families per acre, the same geometry gives larger gardens, and there is no need for underground parking.claim0.782
Claim that the many-parallel-lanes configuration adapts well to slightly lower densities.
Floor-area ratio (FAR) of 0.54 at 16 units/acrefinding0.747
Calculated overall floor-area ratio for the humane density threshold.
Density threshold (16 units/acre)concept0.730
The upper limit of density for a humane neighborhood, above which pedestrian space is sacrificed destructively.
It is possible to provide a high-density living environment with these qualities while housing 80 families per acre.claim0.719
Central feasibility claim of the chapter.
An ordinary American house contains a density of about 1 decision per cubic foot, thus about 20,000 possible mistakes when the house is not generated.claim0.716
Estimate based on labor hours and physical pieces; used to motivate economic cost analysis.
Stress-sharing enables cell movement over longer distances (~2500 units vs ~200 units without sharing).finding0.694
Stress-sharing cells moved average Euclidean distance of ~2500 units, vs ~200 units in non-sharing populations.
20% Rule for Outdoor Structure Budgetconcept0.692
The prescription that about 20% of a building project's construction budget must be spent on outdoor structures (terraces, walls, paths, etc.) to make the whole living.