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1.1 Introduction
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Across large regions inside urban areas - towns and their suburbs - different land uses were found to be strongly segregated and physically isolated from one another. While historic American cities had similar categories, due to their size, the links between different purposes were internal, walkable, close, and direct. However, with new urban expansions, the scale of growth was much larger, making these connections longer, more indirect, and inaccessible by pedestrian.
Figure 32: Railway Station
Figure 33: Ground floor retail shops Figure 34: Car parkings
When public transit was unavailable, access became more dependent on motorised forms of transport, which generally translated to cars. Calthorpe (1993) notes the collapse of human-scaled public spaces like parks, community halls, libraries, town halls, market places, and others, as well as the construction of massive, large-scale shopping malls and offices beside highways. Not only in the twentieth century, but also today, population and urbanisation expansion exceeded infrastructure development, resulting in severe urban challenges such as vehicular and human crowding, urban sprawl, slums, pollution, and impact on available systems and facilities.
Figure 35: New York Street Figure 36: Tramp, 1920s People began looking for work close to their homes in order to reduce these urban issues and concerns. Commercial businesses can benefit from large residential areas as a source of market. As a result, residential to commercial activities moved and vice versa. The mixed-use building is becoming a more common feature of large commercial complexes. The Supreme Court welcomed the Delhi Traffic Police and requested a temporary solution to ease traffic congestion in the city in 2018, according to reports. The Traffic Police only offered physical improvements, such as new underpasses, car flyovers, and pedestrian foot-over-bridges.
Figure 37: Railway on the highline. Figure 38: Tramp, 1990s
Mixed-use developments are also a response to shifting customer tastes. The Covid-19 epidemic has affected all area of our life, from how we work to how we socialise and connect with our friends and family. Many individuals all around the world are forced to engage and connect entirely through digital methods. We can ensure excellent living experiences for everybody by designing communities that meet residents’ daily and weekly demands. For some, this means quick access to excellent schools and healthcare facilities, while others may choose to live in an area with plenty of green space, entertainment venues, and food and beverage options. This circumstance, as well as customer behaviour as a result of covid, signals another turning point in the growth and future of mixed-use development.
