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Resident Attitudes Toward Higher Residential Densities in Columbus, Ohio: Privatism Versus Public Advantage and the Acceptance of Urban Megastructures

Karas, James E.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392816956

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1983, Master of City and Regional Planning, Ohio State University, City and Regional Planning.
In September 1980, the Columbus Energy Council was appointed by Mayor Moody to compose the Columbus Energy Plan. The Plan was adopted by City Council in November 1981, with one of its primary recommendations: to "encourage increased densities in city development." (Columbus Energy Plan, p. 40). The Columbus Department of Energy and Telecommunication partially funded this study in an attempt to explore this recommendation. High density urban development is not readily accepted by the American public, yet it has recently become a more popular option because of its energy-saving and cost-saving opportunities. The results of this study, mail question¬naire responses from 132 Columbus residents, verify that people commonly associate high density residential develop¬ment with potentially negative effects such as crowding. Negativism toward high density is explained by a societal value: the desire for private conveniences, which will not be sacrificed for public conveniences. Regardless of neg¬ativism, high density development is growing. The key to its success lies in good design which can be partially achieved through mixed-use development. A style of self-contained high density, mixed-use development may give rise to a rebirth of urban megastructures.
Jack Leon Nasar (Advisor)
139 p.
Civil Engineering

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  • Karas, J. E. (1983). Resident Attitudes Toward Higher Residential Densities in Columbus, Ohio: Privatism Versus Public Advantage and the Acceptance of Urban Megastructures [Master's thesis, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392816956

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Karas, James. Resident Attitudes Toward Higher Residential Densities in Columbus, Ohio: Privatism Versus Public Advantage and the Acceptance of Urban Megastructures. 1983. Ohio State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392816956.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Karas, James. "Resident Attitudes Toward Higher Residential Densities in Columbus, Ohio: Privatism Versus Public Advantage and the Acceptance of Urban Megastructures." Master's thesis, Ohio State University, 1983. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1392816956

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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