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"cities of short distances"

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  1. chdot
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    Read that in an entertaining piece (6 years old) by Malcolm Fraser

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    the positives of what Leon Krier calls “the city of short distances” – shops, transport etc nearby – are usually paid only lip-service (or actively attacked – witness the closure of Post Offices), for the real agenda is “what a city looks like”, not how we live in it.

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    http://www.malcolmfraser.co.uk/mura/malcolmfraser/assets/File/Prospect_Edinburgh_Change%20%2872kb%29.pdf

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    Trips in ‘cities of short distances’ (100–200 people per hectare, mixed land-use and walking times of around 30 minutes to everyday destinations) can be switched to non-motorised modes. Such cities (or regional centres in polycentric cities) are typically 5 km in diameter. Modal shift is more likely to occur where well-designed and attractive infrastructure is provided for pedestrians and cyclists.

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    http://www.scp-knowledge.eu/sites/default/files/Field%202011%20Sustainable%20spatial%20planning%20of%20facilities%20at%20the%20local%20and%20regional%20levels.pdf

    More examples -

    https://www.google.co.uk/search?q="cities+of+short+distances"

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