{"263051":{"#nid":"263051","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Suburban retrofits start with new subdivisions says Richard Dagenhart","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn an on-going series of urban design lessons, Richard Dagenhart writes that the first step in retrofitting suburbs is not land use planning or zoning, but rather making new subdivisions. \u0022Subdividing first means understanding the existing situation and then working within it and its surroundings to allow changes to occur over time,\u0022 says the former lecturer at Georgia Tech\u0027s School of City and Regional Planning. \u0022If a subdivision plat is the most permanent part of towns and cities, it is important to get it right the first time.\u0022 Georgia towns such as Athens, Dublin, and Moultrie all provide positive examples of early subdivision plats according to Dagenhart.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27714","created_gmt":"2014-01-02 08:23:45","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:26:54","author":"Kyle James","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Sigma Xi Award","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/peopleplacepurpose.com\/2013\/12\/17\/urban-design-lesson-one-subdivide-first-buildings-and-land-uses-come-later\/","dateline":{"date":"2013-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2013-12-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"7182","name":"people"},{"id":"82721","name":"place"},{"id":"82731","name":"purpose"},{"id":"10571","name":"Richard Dagenhart"},{"id":"227","name":"urban design"}],"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":""}}}