Thursday, February 28, 2008

Summary of Chapter 11 & 12

In Chapter 11, the author described her points about concentration. She believed if a neighborhood has a sufficiently dense concentration, which means the effective connection between the neighbors and the specialties in each small community, they can help each other out for the economic and social function. She also used the examples to demonstrate the high city densities and low city densities. Therefore, she believed the city planners should consider the dwelling densities. It would affect the future development in the city.

In Chapter 12, the author wrote some myths about the diversity. Some people believed the diversity brings the city looks “ugly”, also, it might bring the chaos. However, she used the examples to describe the combination of mixed primary uses, frequent streets, and mixture of buildings, and dense concentration of users, couldn't bring the disadvantages of diversity, it just grow the economic benefit for the city. She believed the cities have capability of providing something for everybody because those things create by the residents in cities. More people would bring the energy in the city, it would develop cities well.

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