Book · Scorgie Planning Press
The Shape of the Day
Time, Use, and the Evolution of Neighbourhoods
A study of how flexible work, local movement and changing daily routines are altering the way neighbourhoods are used.
The familiar rhythm of leaving in the morning and returning in the evening no longer organizes neighbourhood life as completely as it once did. The Shape of the Day follows the smaller shifts that keep more fragments of work, movement and daily activity close to home.
Drawing on practice, teaching and observation, Blair Scorgie traces these changes through housing, main streets, parks, community spaces, deliveries and infrastructure. The book considers what neighbourhoods are being asked to support across a longer, less synchronized day, while recognizing that these changes remain uneven and unfinished.
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CONTENTS Preface...............................................................................................................1 Chapter 1: The Weakening Of The Commute..........................................4 Chapter 2: The Retention Of Daily Life.....................................................7 Chapter 3: Time, Not Density....................................................................10 Chapter 4: Housing As Capacity................................................................15 Chapter 5: A More Diverse Neighbourhood............................................18 Chapter 6: Main Streets Without Peak Hours.........................................21 Chapter 7: Third Spaces And The Extension Of The Day...................25 Chapter 8: Parks And Open Spaces As Daily Infrastructure................29 Chapter 9: Community Hubs And The Co-Location Of Daily Life...34 Chapter 10: Shared Communal Resources...............................................38 Chapter 11: Mobility, Micro-Mobility, And The First-Last Mile..........43 Chapter 12: The Curb As A Contested Space.........................................48 Chapter 13: Deliveries And Urban Logistics...........................................53 Chapter 14: Commercial Main Streets Revisited.....................................58 Chapter 15: Infrastructure And The Adjustment Of Systems..............63 Chapter 16: Governance, Regulation, And Alignment..........................68 Chapter 17: Unequal Geographies Of Change........................................72 Chapter 18: What Does Not Change........................................................76 Chapter 19: The Accumulation Of Small Changes.................................79 Chapter 20: An Emerging Pattern Without A Final Form....................83 Methodology..................................................................................................86 Interlude 1: A Morning That Does Not Fully Begin..............................88 Interlude 2: A Space That Holds Longer Than Expected.....................90
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