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I wonder what the chinese do WRT city plannin given the amount of building they have been doing, and if walkability plays a role in their designs, and what they use for said designs.


There's been a lot of visible experimentation, but I've not seen anything indicative of a definitive strategy. I would be curious to know if there were any lessons learned from replicating old world European towns.


It is my understanding that Barcelona and its superblocks often serves as a showcase for great city planning: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/17/superblocks-r...

Of course this isn't a natural or old layout however.


It's also an example of failed city planning! The original Cerdà Plan was considerably more human friendly:

https://www.failedarchitecture.com/behind-four-walls-barcelo...




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