Adrienne O’Neill Fall 2008 Energy Technology and Policy

Austin Population Growth Source:

Austin Student Demographics UT enrollment 1960:20, :42, :50, Campus Area Housing UT campus:7K West Campus:12K North Campus: 5K Total=35K West Campus zoning Many years of latent demand

Current West Campus development campus.html South area of West Campus North area of West Campus

The US has a lot of land By 2050, US estimated population will be 420 million, ( 100 million more people must be added to urban areas

Density Issues  Lower Urban Density (sprawl)  Imperative for car usage, higher daily vehicle miles traveled per capita  Decreased car gas mileage due to congestion  Public transportation is inefficient  Higher Infrastructure costs  Roads (asphalt)  Water conveyance (pumping and materials)  Single Family homes have poor energy efficiency compared to multi-family  Surface area, materials use, capital energy cost  Sprawl displaces farming, higher food transportation costs to the urban area

Road Transportation and Density  node/1730

Density and Walking/Public Transportation rian/2008/09/the-association-between- density-and-mode-of-commuting.html

Barcelona vs. Atlanta Source: Bertaud

Examples  Development principles  New Urbanism  Smart Growth  Cities that have changed development patterns  Curitiba  Portland Questions?

References  Austin Contrarian (austinzoning.typepad.com/)austinzoning.typepad.com/  City of Austin Demographer (  WorldWatch Institute (  Burchell, Robert. “The Costs of Sprawl- Revisited”  Alain Bertaud. “The Spatial Organization of Cities: Deliberate Outcome or Unforeseen Consequence?”