Gated communities are a common sight, but they are detrimental to communities and exacerbate inequity in cities. From automatic gates and tall, green, metal fences to rough concrete walls topped with shattered glass, gated communities appear under different names and guises in cities all over the world. They are everywhere and have been for some time.
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Systems and Urbanism
A car is a powerful metaphor for the city. This tool can help understand and analyse the meaning of a city – its various purposes, components and behaviours that have been evident throughout the history of human settlements. This website’s name is derived from this metaphor: thinking of a city as a car is a rich but intuitive notion. Here are a few examples:
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