Characteristics of the Urban Streets and the Implications for the Structure of Cities

The paper presents the case that orthodox planning of urban areas in which an emphasis is placed upon the district plan implicitly misunderstands the characteristics of the urban street and the implications that such streets have for the structure of cities. Experiences of the city are often centred upon the street as a facet not only of the urban structure but also of the movement between districts and the variety of experiences that this facilitates. The paper, however, concludes that whereas the significance of urban streets is well established, in Britain they tend to be the legacy of previous centuries.

https://doi.org/10.35483/ACSA.Intl.1995.39

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