The area of the Salisbury CityEngine project as presented at the 2014 ESRI International User Conference
When you think of vibrant, successful small towns, I am going to wager that you do not conjure up thoughts of empty parking lots. These impervious seas are bereft of the strolling pedestrians that make small towns like Portsmouth, New Hampshire or Lancaster, Pennsylvania hum. Large parking lots can act like cancerous lesions amid an otherwise intricately preserved and walkable street grid. Urban parking lots’ lackadaisical monotony can sap the economic vitality of downtowns, particularly if they sit empty for most of the day. If given an opportunity to revitalize a small town, planners can target derelict parking lots for redevelopment and revitalization. More
