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The old—even ancient—cities of Europe avoided the mistake of suburban building and have a naturally high-density shape from having been built before the automob
by hydrox24 9y ago
The old—even ancient—cities of Europe avoided the mistake of suburban building and have a naturally high-density shape from having been built before the automobile.
- baud147258 9y agoIt's not visible in the center of cities, but an urban sprawl has developed on the periphery of cities. Such sprawls are similar to those existing in the US (car mandatory, few or no services, little public transportation).
- blibble 9y agothe UK has the green belt system to try to prevent this happening https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_belt_(United_Kingdom) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_belt_(United_Kingdom) if anything it's too successful