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Most cities have streets that are in a grid pattern, cul-de-sacs, or organic jumble. But cities could be arranged as circles, in a radial-concentric configuration. In fact, there are examples throughout history of cities being designed this way. What are the advantages, and why aren’t they more popular?

Resources on this topic:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191261513002154?casa_token=RciD1AdwrPsAAAAA:FIyGSVpuz_BgelZmWetnS1xArN7tT8ra8Fd3uuKjJ_JVApJwVrQuFqRK51gco-PuE2R1ov-b
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0966692315001544?casa_token=-sZevwE7RpAAAAAA:p0FxEL8Kth7lzhozWTRo_dc8kGHsiSGwI8yNH4GOJD2FdcPT638EcakuOl-fYxV6Sv6KDrR-
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S030438001400297X?casa_token=UoZqGC2PJGgAAAAA:PUkeVeyFMTkhIUKrv8Um_DXiD2tDIEZtLCsjEcBkDSW_Gvj5mNIf7GK4BVvKpw6IgNzSi90d
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191261513002154?casa_token=sSivpFk4gJEAAAAA:v9pIitAexoFXhgBJLfvKVnjmXJXQsQ6m1owrRrJVpjSy2bieBprEOuJWq8-VTcVo03vEihGD
https://web.archive.org/web/20110629113720/http://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch6en/conc6en/burgess.html

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