It has been our experience that the integration of hybrid design methodologies derived from allied design and planning professions has the capacity to affect profound change in urban environments. This in turn places an array of ordering systems and revitalization tools at our disposal.

• They can focus growth and reduce sprawl.

• They can stimulate economic development with modest initial investment.

• They can encourage meaningful socialization and recreation.

• They can purify and preserve our precious air, land and water resources.

• They can preserve and remediate wildlife habitat.

• And, they can offer an urban respite to soothe an otherwise stressful existence.