Many rapidly growing urban areas seem to share a similar characteristic that development has occurred in large discrete sub-divisions. These areas of the city appear visually (from the air) as clear layers; dense development could be flanked by vacant land, the design of one sub-division may have no relation at all to the area next to it, one sub-division – or a network of highway infrastructure – may have been layered over the top of an exiting area with no regard for it. On the ground often these areas are infuriating to use – illegible, confusing and complex.

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