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Chapter III – part two: A large town

Environmental areas: 215

 Novermber 1963    The Buchanan Report    Chapter 3ii  
Contents • Chapter 3ii • Environmental areas

we examined the whole city in order to determine the possible arrangement of the city into groups of environmental areas

  • Fig. 120 Suburban shopping centre astride an existing radial road at Harehills. The environment is already seriously affected by traffic.
    Fig. 120 Suburban shopping centre astride an existing radial road at Harehills. The environment is already seriously affected by traffic.

Environmental areas

215

Before proceeding to fit this theoretical intermediate network into the actual development of the city, we examined the whole city in order to determine the possible arrangement of the city into groups of environmental areas. We could not, of course, at this stage, delineate all the individual areas, but we could define the main groupings, and decide which sections of the city possessed a homogeneity which prima facie should not be cut up by major distributors. We could also identify the areas where environment is already being seriously affected by traffic. Many of these are situated on the existing radial roads where old village settlements have developed into important suburban shopping centres. Figure 123 shows a tentative grouping of environmental areas, and conversely, the lengths of road where the clash between traffic and local environment is already pronounced.

Fig. 123 Environmental appreciation.
Fig. 123 Environmental appreciation.
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