A History of Street Networks

A History of Street Networks
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ISBN-10 : 173434587X
ISBN-13 : 9781734345872
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Download or read book A History of Street Networks written by Laurence Aurbach and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-29 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey history of urban roadway networks and the origins of sprawling suburban patterns. To improve traffic, various individuals and groups sought to radically remold urban environments. Their city-planning and traffic-engineering efforts are traced from the industrial revolution, to twentieth-century sprawl, to later countermovements.


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