We can see that where cities and towns have developed in a more natural pattern – especially prior t
Cities that are too centralized too often require excessive commuting from their edges, and their cores can become unhealthy monocultures.
Therefore:
Develop cities as nodes within polycentric regions, consisting of a range of sizes of mixed, diverse, well-connected “urban villages” that offer a full complement of daily and weekly needs, and good access to other parts of the region for less frequent trips.
When …We need to establish a settlement area as it relates to a wider regional structure. This pattern governs the relation of urban centers to their peripheries. Other patterns may help to establish the relation to urban hinterlands, for example City Country Fingers*, Agricultural Valleys4 et al.
Then Establish a rough structure of a 400M Through Street Network (p. 33), creating continuous walkable and multi-modal urban areas. Where interruptions occur, such as natural geographic obstructions, connect the centers as much as possible with a continuous network, organized around Mobility Corridor (p. 30) and Multi-Way Boulevard (p. 55).
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