Should Cities be Circles?

Subscribe to Nebula and get $20 off at: https://go.nebula.tv/citybeautiful Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-should-cities-be-circles 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 Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios. Written by Dave Amos. Select images and video from Getty Images. Black Lives Matter. Trans rights. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices