{"246031":{"#nid":"246031","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Assoc. Prof. Dagenhart calls for more design and less zoning","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe field of urban design spends an incredible amount of time studying large cities, but small non-urban towns\u0026nbsp;such as\u0026nbsp;Moreland, Georgia can lend equally relevant observations on the experience of the individual within a built environment. Through the study of small towns, Georgia Tech\u0027s Richard Dagenhart observed, \u0022We spend most of our time arguing over zoning ordinances and changes, but zoning is concerned with the least permanent parts of cities.\u0022 Instead, Dagenhart believes that we\u0026nbsp;should spend more time on the design of public works \u0022which make up the civic framework that gives an identity to our communities and our citizens and are more lasting than the town\u2019s private buildings and land uses.\u0022\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2013-10-16 00:01:22","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:43","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Sigma Xi Award","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/peopleplacepurpose.com\/2013\/10\/15\/what-is-urban-design-doing-in-moreland-georgia\/","dateline":{"date":"2013-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-10-15T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"800","name":"land use"},{"id":"26311","name":"moreland"},{"id":"10571","name":"Richard Dagenhart"},{"id":"167177","name":"School of Architecture"},{"id":"168982","name":"small towns"},{"id":"227","name":"urban design"},{"id":"8526","name":"zoning"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}