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border vacuum: a standalone construct

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Urban design

the dead zone that forms beside a large single-use area, such as a rail yard or campus, because it cuts off the through traffic that keeps streets used.

In urban design, border vacuum refers to the dead zone that forms beside a large single-use area, such as a rail yard or campus, because it cuts off the through traffic that keeps streets used. This meaning comes from Jacobs (1961) in The Death and Life of Great American Cities.[1]

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References

Jacobs, J. (1961). The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Pierre Mardaga. ISBN 9783764363567

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