Agricultural Urbanism

AU Design Strategies

Streets

  • Productive edible landscaping
  • Presence of food and agriculture activity- visible on street
  • Interpretive signage linking to food and agriculture elements
  • Green streets multi-tasked streets- woonerf, c-streets,
  • “Back of house is front of house” to show food being made and processed
  • Farm equipment
  • Eating & drinking everywhere
  • Pedestrian oriented
  • Habitat creation for pollinators and beneficial insects
  • Stormwater management for agricultural irrigation (where appropriate)