Comments on: Are "urban villages" living in the past?

By: Does Melbourne's Metro Strategy need a bomb under it? | The Urbanist

Does Melbourne's Metro Strategy need a bomb under it? | The Urbanist — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 09:00:42 +0000

...] far as the journey-to-work is concerned, it harks back to the risible idea of Urban Villages. It seems no one has the faintest idea just how impractical a maximum commuting time of 20 minutes [...

By: City Builder Book Club » Week 6 wrap-up: aged buildings and concentration

City Builder Book Club » Week 6 wrap-up: aged buildings and concentration — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:02:41 +0000

...] thereby saving on travel and building a strong sense of neighbourhood community. I’ve long been dubious about this romantic notion. To me it harks back to a rural provincialism that’s the antithesis of what cities are actually [...

By: The neighbourhood - is it the centre of the world? | The Urbanist

The neighbourhood - is it the centre of the world? | The Urbanist — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:50:31 +0000

...] long been dubious about this romantic notion. To me it harks back to a rural provincialism that’s the antithesis of what cities are actually [...

By: Do we spend too much time commuting? « The Melbourne Urbanist

Do we spend too much time commuting? « The Melbourne Urbanist — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:03:21 +0000

...] too bad. And they’re all the more reasonable when account is taken of the fact that, as I discussed here, households choose a residential location having regard to a range of factors, such as the job [...