You've likely come across a cul-de-sac at some point in your life. In fact you might be living on one right now. But where did this small curvy dead end street originate from? How did it become a staple of suburban urban planning in Auckland? And what are the pros and cons of cul-de-sacs? This video answers all these questions and I give my overall verdict on cul-de-sacs.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:24 Channel promotion
0:36 What is a cul-de-sac
1:02 Brief history of city planning
3:30 City planning in Auckland 1950s onward
5:01 Postives of Cul-de-sacs
6:24 Negatives of Cul-de-sacs
9:20 Comparing an older layout (Mt Eden) to a newer layout (Northpark)
11:05 A newer layout in Auckland
11:54 Conclusion
12:29 Outro
References/Further Reading:
1. https://knowledgeauckland.org.nz/media/1393/brief-history-of-aucklands-urban-form-arc-apr-2010.pdf
2. https://teara.govt.nz/en/auckland-region/page-9
3. https://www.cnu.org/publicsquare/2019/11/20/why-choose-grid
4. https://www.e-architect.com/articles/why-is-the-grid-system-so-important-for-city-design
5. https://whatsdownthatstreet.co.uk/2024/05/04/potted-history-of-the-grid-system/
6. https://humantransit.org/2010/05/culdesac-hell-and-the-radius-of-demand.html
7. https://dbknews.com/0999/12/31/arc-7t3r7cx3gffirpsxe7t7m2c6ou/
8. https://www.engineeringnz.org/programmes/heritage/heritage-records/auckland-motorways/
9. https://www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2021/10/07/clawing-back-the-cost-of-sprawl/#:~:text=Back%20in%202019%20the%20estimated,over%20%24100%2C000%20per%20new%20home.
10. https://www.smartcitiesdive.com/ex/sustainablecitiescollective/why-developers-prefer-cul-de-sacs/7544/
11. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/aa59ba
12. https://www.oneroof.co.nz/suburb/mount-eden-auckland-city-1840
13. https://www.oneroof.co.nz/suburb/northpark-manukau-city-1232
14. https://newsroom.co.nz/2021/01/12/curing-aucklands-sprawling-addiction/
15. https://slate.com/human-interest/2013/12/why-cul-de-sacs-are-bad-for-your-health-happy-city-by-charles-montgomery.html
16. https://theconversation.com/road-to-nowhere-why-the-suburban-cul-de-sac-is-an-urban-planning-dead-end-194628
17. https://www.accessmagazine.org/spring-2004/reconsidering-cul-de-sac/
18. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2011-09-19/the-problem-with-cul-de-sac-design
19. https://therealestateguylv.com/blog/cul-de-sac/
20. https://listingloop.com.au/news/benefits-living-in-a-cul-de-sac/
21. https://www.britannica.com/explore/savingearth/urban-sprawl#:~:text=Urban%20sprawl%2C%20also%20called%20sprawl,the%20private%20automobile%20for%20transportation.
22. https://www.wired.com/story/fix-urban-sprawl-ditch-cul-de-sac/#:~:text=Cul%2Dde%2Dsacs%20were%20perceived,other%20problems%20associated%20with%20sprawl.
23. https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/cul-de-sac-pros-cons-36972433
24. https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2020/8/10/i-did-the-math-on-my-towns-cul-de-sacs
25. https://www.britannica.com/topic/urban-sprawl/Costs-of-urban-sprawl
26. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9vDcfH03gs
27. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUDVP6aRS1Y
28. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGJt_YXIoJI&t=77s
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