Streets and patterns.

This book considers current debate on the design of streets and urban layout. While the current view is that streets should be for people, the rules and conventions for urban layout are significantly influenced by Modernist principles premised on hierarchies of distributor roads and separate land use zones. Different hierarchical structures and street classifications are explored and ways of creating better urban places without compromising the basic functionality of circulation and access are proposed. Examples of urban layout from London and Edinburgh, UK, and Japan and a wide range of historic and modern layouts are considered. Routes and their connectivity are discussed.