Form-Based Codes: An Overview of the Literature

Focus: The Journal of Planning Practice and Education, 13(1): 76–83, 2016

By: California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo, Cornelius Nuworsoo, Evan Evangelopoulos

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Form-Based Zoning

This article looks at the popularity and criticism that surround form-based codes. It also examines six themes that are essential to form based codes:

  1. Urban form
  2. Sustainability
  3. Community Vision
  4. Place Specificity
  5. Code document clarity
  6. Efficiency of the development process

 

It emphasizes the need for the development of measurable parameters to better understand the impact of form-based codes.