We research design and develop innovative sustainable rural, urban and suburban settlement models, including:
- New or reworked community title and multiple occupancy communities;
- Jubal Community
- Micro Enterprise Villages.
- Current Research Projects
- Community Land Trusts
- Adaption of Multiple Occupancy or Rural Land Sharing Communities
- New suburban settlement patterns that enhance rather then destroy their natural environment;
- http://www.smallisbeautiful.org/clts.html
Other useful links –
The Village Forum discusses a settlement model called a village town that aims build a town from 20 villages of approximately 500 people each. A population of about 500 people is where an effective face to face social dynamic can occur, but it is generally too small to support a local economy, thus the idea of a village town which is a cluster of villages.