Long Range Plan 2050 Planning Centers

PLANNING CENTERS All Connections 2050 Long-Range Plan elements are available online at www.dvrpc.org/plan. The Plan has two primary documents: (1) The Connections 2050 Policy Manual (www.dvrpc.org/Products/21027) identifies the vision, goals, strategies, and a summary of the financial plan. (2) The Connections 2050 Process and Analysis Manual (www.dvrpc.org/Products/21028) provides a more detailed look at the Plan’s outreach, background information, analysis, and financial plan. The Connections 2050 Long-Range Plan identifies four types of Centers: Suburban Centers, Town Centers, Rural Centers, and Planned Centers. The characteristics of each type are as follows: SUBURBAN CENTERS Are regionally significant; While not necessarily single municipalities, are perceived as single “places;” Are suburban in character; Are less dense than town centers; Lack the integrated mix of uses found in town centers; Are defined primarily by a concentration and variety of office, retail, professional, and light industrial uses, and generally have more jobs than residents; and are generally auto dependent rather than transit oriented or pedestrian scale. TOWN CENTERS Have a mixture of high-density residential and commercial land use; Have an integrated mix of land uses;Have a unique history, character, and sense of place; Are of relatively higher density than their surrounding land uses; Have a distinct downtown/main street area surrounded by relatively dense residential development; Are pedestrian friendly and often transit oriented; and Are surrounded by suburban land uses. RURAL CENTERS Have a minimum density of six people and three employees per developed acre; Have an integrated mix of land uses; Have a unique history, character, and sense of place; Are of relatively higher density than the surrounding area; Have a distinct downtown/main street (though smaller than a town center); and Are surrounded by rural and agricultural land uses. PLANNED CENTERS Are planned town-center-type developments on greenfields in Growing Suburbs or Rural Areas or through redevelopment on greyfields and/or brownfields in Developed Communities; and Have plans that call for village-type development, incorporating mixed, integrated land uses, relatively high densities, and pedestrian connections.

规划中心（Planning Centers）相关的《2050全域联动长远规划》全部内容均可通过官网www.dvrpc.org/plan在线查阅。本规划包含两份核心文件：(1) 《2050全域联动政策手册》（访问网址：www.dvrpc.org/Products/21027），明确了规划愿景、目标、策略及财政计划概要；(2) 《2050全域联动流程与分析手册》（访问网址：www.dvrpc.org/Products/21028），详细阐述了本规划的公众参与环节、背景资料、分析过程及财政计划。

《2050全域联动长远规划》将规划中心划分为四大类别：郊区中心（Suburban Centers）、城镇中心（Town Centers）、乡村中心（Rural Centers）及规划型中心（Planned Centers）。各类中心的具体特征如下：
郊区中心（Suburban Centers）：具有区域辐射影响力；虽未必隶属于单一行政单元，但被视作统一的功能片区；具备郊区空间属性；人口密度低于城镇中心；缺乏城镇中心所具备的整合式功能混合布局；主要以办公、零售、专业服务业及轻工业的集聚与多元业态为核心特征，且通常就业岗位数量多于居住人口；整体高度依赖机动车出行，而非以公共交通为导向或适宜步行的街区模式。
城镇中心（Town Centers）：采用高密度住宅与商业混合的用地布局；具备整合式功能混合业态；拥有独特的历史底蕴、街区风貌与场所认同感；密度高于周边片区；拥有明确的市中心/主街区域，周边环绕高密度住宅开发；适宜步行，且通常采用公共交通导向的开发模式；周边以郊区用地布局为主。
乡村中心（Rural Centers）：每开发英亩土地至少承载6名居民与3名雇员；具备整合式功能混合用地布局；拥有独特的历史底蕴、街区风貌与场所认同感；密度高于周边区域；拥有规模小于城镇中心的小型市中心/主街区域；周边以乡村与农业用地布局为主。
规划型中心（Planned Centers）：属于规划建设的城镇中心型开发项目，可布局于成长型郊区或乡村区域的未开发绿地，或通过对已开发社区内的灰地、棕地进行再开发打造；其规划方案倡导村落式开发模式，整合混合功能用地、较高开发密度与步行连通系统。