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If the neighborhood could achieve a 2.5-fold or 3-fold increase of density, they could have a vibrant living neighborhood.

Conditional prediction that moderate density increase enables economic and social revival.

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

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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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It is possible to provide a high-density living environment with these qualities while housing 80 families per acre.claim0.772
Central feasibility claim of the chapter.
A density of 16 dwellings (or units) per acre is roughly the upper limit of what can be achieved while keeping the environment humane.claim0.758
The central density threshold claim derived from the interaction of the four colors.
To bring life to the neighborhood, it is essential that it can be a place where people live and work.claim0.757
Asserts the necessity of mixed-use for urban vitality.
The presence of living centers is thereby reduced. That, in turn, damages the connective fabric of the neighborhood.claim0.749
The general morphological features for very high densities from a living process are: low height, abundant daylight, tiny gardens, narrow lanes, parking partly underground, and family-designed interiors.claim0.748
Summary invariant of housing forms generated by the living process at high density.
How can dynamic neighborhood development be done — in practice — at the scale of a city or neighborhood?question0.748
The motivating question that leads Alexander to present the Guasare process as an answer.
In any urban neighborhood, creation of public space and private space, with a proper relationship between the two, is the critical issue.claim0.739
Key claim establishing the importance of balancing public and private realms.
If every neighborhood maintained an ongoing, updated diagnosis on a computer, all future acts and capital expenditure could be continuously guided toward improvement of bad spots and enhancement of better spotshypothesis0.737
Alexander's proposal for institutionalizing the diagnosis-feedback-repair loop at city scale.