Which movement promotes mixed-use development and pedestrian-friendly, community-oriented cities as a reaction to car-centered suburbs?

• A. Slow-growth cities
• B. Southeast Asia city model
• C. New Urbanism
• D. Redlining

Answer: (C)

The key idea here is a planning approach that envisions towns where living, working, shopping, and leisure are all within close reach, organized in human-scale, walkable blocks. This movement promotes mixed-use development and pedestrian-friendly, community-centered cities as a response to car-centered suburbs that rely on long car trips, single-use zoning, and separated functions. In practice, it pushes for streets designed for people, a variety of housing options near shops and workplaces, accessible public spaces, and easier access to transit and biking. The goal is to create neighborhoods where daily needs are within a short walk and where residents can interact more readily, which also tends to reduce reliance on cars and support more sustainable, vibrant communities.

Other options don’t capture that specific shift toward integrating living and amenities in walkable, mixed-use patterns. Slow-growth concepts focus more on limiting expansion than altering how neighborhoods are designed. The Southeast Asia city model describes regional urban forms in a different context, not a reaction to car suburbs. Redlining refers to discriminatory lending practices, not a development approach aimed at shaping neighborhood design.