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Urban Planning is crucial to ensure that a city is sustainable, has a transportation system that works (very few traffic jams), is safe, has affordable housing and other considerations. Planning can make a big difference to a city. Vancouver’s planners have incorporated a seawall around much of the downtown core of the city and opposite banks. The result is a vibrant, walking, biking, running city full of healthy people.
Vancouver’s Seawalls
Urban Planning Map (see wiki for details)
Seawall
Kabul City Map
Transit
Canary Wharf Tube Station, London
Very densely built-up areas require high capacity urban transit, and urban planners must consider these factors in long term plans.
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