Creando La Estructura Urbana

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03 CREATING THE URBAN STRUCTURE

the structural aspects of movement, focusing on the
street and footpath networks. The individual activities and components of
a movement structure (walking,cycling, public transport etc) are addressed
in detail in Section 4.
A successful movement framework:
• provides the maximum choice for how people will make their journeys;
• takes full account of thekinds of movement a development will generate;
• makes clear connections to existing routes and facilities.
Because every site is different there can be no standard formula. What suits a
largesuburban site will be quite different from a pocket site in the inner city.
The movement framework should, wherever possible and practicable,
make it as easy and attractive to walk, cycle or take thebus, as it is to travel
by car. This means providing the right kinds of route to fit the journeys that
people want to make. The reason why one route is better than another
depends on countlessfactors, many of them quite intangible, hence route
assessment can never be an exact science. Predicting vehicle movements
is only one part of the exercise: how people experience their journey(especially people on foot) is just as important
What is meant by urban structure?
The term urban structure refers to the pattern or arrangement
of development blocks, streets, buildings, open space andlandscape which make up urban areas. It is the interrelationship
between all these elements, rather than their particular
characteristics that bond together to make a place.
Urban structure does notimply any particular kind of urbanism:
it applies equally to the centre and to the suburb, and everything
in between; and of course it applies equally to the city, the town
and the village.
Whyurban structure is important
The urban structure provides the fou
3.1.1 movement assessment
Undertake a movement assessment
This will form the basis for improving the existing network or creating...
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