PLAN261 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Urban Sprawl, Smart Growth, City Beautiful Movement
4 Mar 2016
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This week"s lectures focused on the built environment and regulations. The law of the indies was first established by king philip ii of spain, which described the rules that regulates the interactions between settlers and natives. The law of indies also described the structure of a town and established the foundation of the grid pattern characteristic of most latin american cities today. In a grid formed town, the size of the town can be easily measured, because the plaza is always placed in the centre of the town and its length should be at least 1. 5 times the width. In addition, the size of the plaza should be the related to the population. The width of streets differentiated in different climate settings. The streets are relatively wider in a cold weather in order to have more sunshine; in contrast, towns in a hot climate are more likely to have narrow streets to block sunshine.
