
Episode 365: A City is Not a Computer
Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast
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The Tree Thinking and the Tree Thinking
There is an assumption that by organizing things and more kind of regimented master planway, it'll make it a more legible form for people. So there are presumptions that having a more clearly defined order will make things easier. But in many cases, as was the case with brazilia, for instance, you have people who rebel against it,. Or situationists who push against the grin and push against the master plan. It's also a form of social and spatial engineering as well. There are both kind of, maybe more nefarious purposes for imposingaquoto tree structure, for he purposes of social control. But then therere also kind of,maybe more benevolent, or seemingly benevolent
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