Vaughan, LS;
Griffiths, S;
(2013)
A suburb is not a tree.
Urban Design
, 125
(Winter)
17 - 19.
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Abstract
The dominant image of the suburb as a primarily residential phenomenon and of the suburban town centre as a primarily retail-based phenomenon has not been displaced despite the recent upsurge of scholarly interest in suburbia. This article attempts to make a two-pronged refutation of both these assumptions, demonstrating how urban form and spatial configuration support a mixed use synergy between retail and all other non-residential activities in the sub-urban context. The article maintains that the complex interrelationship between movement, spatial network and land use forms a vital contribution to sustaining the future of urban settlements.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | A suburb is not a tree |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | http://www.udg.org.uk/publications/urban-design-jo... |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Full text made available by kind permission of the Urban Design Group |
| Keywords: | space syntax, suburbs, town centre, high street |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > The Bartlett School of Architecture |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1366640 |
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