Research

Academic research on the Transect includes theoretical analysis and debate, and documentation of the environmental and social performance of these and other transect-based applications:

Proposals for studies are encouraged. To post existing peer-reviewed research related to the CATS mission, please contact us.


The Codes Project
An important web-based initiative supported by CATS is The Codes Project, coordinated by Arizona State University Professor Emily Talen. The website is an anthology of the codes, laws and related documents that have created, or sought to create, particular urban forms. It includes a searchable archive drawn from a broad array of historical documents. Documents have been selected from around the world, and from all time periods. Included are both legally-binding codes as well as customary rules that may not have involved a governing authority. These documents provide a rich cultural resource for urban planners, architects, and all others involved in the construction of place.

A section of the website called Codes in Real Life provides a protocol for urban analysis called the Synoptic Survey. With this method and with the instructions on the Submit page, users may contribute their own site-specific research and source material.

PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES & JOURNALS

Bohl, Charles, and Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, eds. Special Issue: Building Community Across the Transect. Places, Vol. 18, Issue 1, 2006.

Brain, David, and Andrés Duany. "Regulating as if Humans Matter." Regulating Place: Standards and the Shaping of Urban America, Routledge, 2005, pp. 293-332.

Duany, Andrés. "Transect Planning." Journal of the American Planning Association, Vol. 68, No. 3, Summer 2002, Americann Planning Association, pp. 245-246.

Duany, Andrés, and Emily Talen. "Making the Good Easy: The SmartCode Alternative." Fordham Urban Law Journal, Vol. 29, No. 4, pp. 1445-1468.

Duany, Andrés et al. Special Issue: The Transect, Journal of Urban Design, Volume 7, issue 3. Routledge. 2002.