Peter Calthorpe, mea hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale a me ka mea kākau o "Urbanism i ka makahiki o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau", ua hana ma kekahi o nā papahana hoʻolālā kūlanakauhale nui loa ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā makahiki he 20 i hala iho nei, ma nā wahi e like me Portland, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles a me ka makani pāhili ma ka hema o Louisiana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻo ka mea maikaʻi loa e hiki ai i nā kūlanakauhale ke hana i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻo ke kanu lāʻau.
"He maʻalahi kēlā." Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Calthorpe. "ʻAe, hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i nā kaupaku keʻokeʻo a me nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ...
Hiki i nā wahi ulu nui o ke kūlanakauhale ke hana i nā mokupuni ʻoluʻolu i loko o ke kikowaena kūlanakauhale. Eia kekahi, paipai nā ala ala malu i ka poʻe e hele wāwae ma mua o ke kaʻa. A ʻo ka liʻiliʻi o nā kaʻa, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hoʻolimalima ʻana ma nā ala nui a me nā wahi kaʻa kaʻa, ʻaʻole ia e hoʻomoʻa wale i ka wela akā hāʻawi pū kekahi i ka hoʻokuʻu ʻana i ke kinoea hoʻomehana honua, wahi āna.