Peter Calthorpe

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American architect author environmentalist urban planner

Peter Calthorpe is an influential American architect and urban planner known for pioneering transit-oriented development and promoting sustainable, human-scaled urban design.

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instanceOf American ⓘ
architect ⓘ
author ⓘ
environmentalist ⓘ
urban planner ⓘ
advocates compact, walkable communities ⓘ
low-carbon urban growth ⓘ
mixed-use development ⓘ
reduced automobile dependence ⓘ
transit-oriented development ⓘ
coAuthorWith Sim Van der Ryn ⓘ
William Fulton ⓘ
coFounded Congress for the New Urbanism ⓘ
designed transit-oriented neighborhoods and districts in multiple U.S. cities ⓘ
educatedAt University of California, Santa Cruz ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
fieldOfWork New Urbanism ⓘ
surface form: new urbanism

regional planning ⓘ
sustainable design ⓘ
transit-oriented development ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
focusesOn climate change mitigation through urban form ⓘ
integration of land use and transportation ⓘ
regional-scale planning ⓘ
founded Calthorpe Analytics ⓘ
Calthorpe Associates ⓘ
hasConcept Pedestrian Pocket ⓘ
New Urbanism ⓘ
surface form: Transit-Oriented Development
influenced regional planning policies worldwide ⓘ
sustainable urbanism practices in North America ⓘ
knownFor human-scaled urbanism ⓘ
pioneering transit-oriented development ⓘ
promoting sustainable urban design ⓘ
regional planning concepts ⓘ
language English ⓘ
movement New Urbanism ⓘ
nationality United States of America ⓘ
notableWork The Next American Metropolis ⓘ
The Regional City ⓘ
Urbanism in the Age of Climate Change ⓘ
occupation architect ⓘ
author ⓘ
urban designer ⓘ
urban planner ⓘ
positionHeld principal at Calthorpe Associates ⓘ
theorized Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) as a planning framework ⓘ

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New Urbanism → associatedWith → Peter Calthorpe ⓘ
Congress for the New Urbanism → foundedBy → Peter Calthorpe ⓘ