Streets and Patterns

"classic, incisive, thought-provoking" – Journal of the American Planning Association"a fascinating contribution, beautifully published" – Municipal Engineer " opens up the horizon to a new era of street-oriented urban and transportation planning" – Transport Reviews'Using a number of measures ... he is able to classify networks in a useful and insightful way.'Marshall's contribution is the opening of a systematic exploration of network structures and the development of a number of new approaches to deal with the problems implied. I am sure that his book will become a key reference in the literature on urban and transport network form.' - both DISP 2005'Well illustrated.' - Sebastian Loew, Urban Design, Summer 2005'It's big. It's heavy. It isn't cheap. It is, however, a thoughtful and significant contribution to the growing body of formal knowledge on our urban realm.''His subtext - a gentle exploration of economic priorities and a philosophical approach to cities via traffic structures - ensures it should find its way out of the urbanist family and onto the laps of economists and opinion formers.''An entirely worthwhile study.' - all Trenton Oldfield, Civic Focus, Winter 2005/06'This is an extremely informative and helpful book.' - Urban Morphology'This is one of the most exciting books the reviewers have read this year ... [it] would be of the most interest to students and researchers ... as well as to practitioners who are looking for a useful guideline for better urban design.' - Transport Reviews

• 1. Introduction 2. The Challenge 3. Street Type and Hierarchy 4. Pattern Type 5. Route Structure 6. Connectivity and Complexity 7. The Constitution of Structure 8. Modes, Streets and Places 9. From Streets to Patterns 10. Conclusions Appendices Glossary [Notes] Bibliography