High Rugosity and Low Rugosity (IMAGE)

University of California - Davis

High Rugosity and Low Rugosity

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Traditional urban planning favors 'concentric' layouts with a downtown core surrounded by suburbs and farmland (right). But Catherine Brinkley argues instead that cities should plan for 'rugosity' (left) with more interfaces between functions.

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