[The] network structure has profound economic implications.

(L) Hundreds of thousands of gated communities and privatized pseudo-public spaces have arisen around the world, such as this isolated, car-dependent community in Argentina. (R) Contrast the continuous open, walkable network of great cities like Rome, shown in the famous Nolli plan. 

  • Salingaros, Nikos A., and Michael W. Mehaffy. "Ch 05. Agile Design." In Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, & the Human Future. Levellers/Sustasis Press and Vajra Publications, 2015. Digital Library
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  • "Figures." In Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, & the Human Future. DFLAP. Levellers/Sustasis Press and Vajra Publications, 2015.
  • Mehaffy, Michael W., and Nikos Angelos Salingaros. "Ch 05. Agile Design." In Design for a Living Planet: Settlement, Science, & the Human Future, 61-74. DFLAP. Levellers/Sustasis Press and Vajra Publications, 2015.