Monsall, Manchester
Planning for the Future
The Image of the City and
its Elements
Monsall was called "the most disjointed piece of Manchester's urban
fabric." The neighborhood was in between Rochdale and Oldham roads,
two major city bypasses. These roads can be defined as edges because
the boundaries of Monsall were defined by them. These edges were
reinforced by railroads and a creek valley. js
Planning for the Future
Author: Gallion and Eisner
There are many land use elements within a city, yet each land use must be located with specific safety and way of life considerations. Some land uses are favorable to each other, whereas some are extremely detrimental and dangerous. An example of this would be locating single-family dwellings adjacent to heavy industry. This gives specific reference to edging and buffer strips within the city, such as forested areas to buffer industrial areas from residential. J.N.
Gallion, Arthur and Simon Eisner. The Urban Pattern: City Planning
and Design. New
York: Van Nostrand, 1986.
The Image of the City
and Its Elements
Author: Lynch, Kevin.
This is a chapter of The Image of City dealing with numerous elements within the city, such as paths, edges, nodes and landmarks. Edges are considered linear elements that most often act as boundaries between two kinds of land uses. Edges are important in a city because they act as both barriers, to define space, and uniting seams which link two different land uses. J.N.
Lynch, Kevin. The Image of the City. Cambridge: Technology,
1960.
