The city of Chicago recently published Streetscape Guidelines, a comprehensive book for consultants, the public, and politicians that details project germination, design, construction, and maintenance. These guidelines make urban design accessible and affordable, help empower the community, and improve economic viability and sustainability.

   Learning objectives:

• Demonstrate how to create guidelines and develop standards and identify tactics to establish standards and create a comprehensive set of guidelines
• Analyze how to engender community empowerment through the urban design process
• Create a sustainable urban design program and identify techniques for designing an economically viable process