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    Times Square in New York City is an example of an urban node. Nodes are geographic locations or sites of activity that attract people. They can be neighborhoods, intersections, commercial areas, civic centers, or parks. Nodes are also locations of transportation importance, like ports, train stations, or airports that influence a city's development. Economic nodes refer to places of significant commercial activity, from individual buildings to entire neighborhoods. Characteristics of strong nodes include a concentration of uses that bring pedestrian traffic and amenities like seating areas that encourage people to gather.

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    Times Square in New York City is an example of an urban node. Nodes are geographic locations or sites of activity that attract people. They can be neighborhoods, intersections, commercial areas, civic centers, or parks. Nodes are also locations of transportation importance, like ports, train stations, or airports that influence a city's development. Economic nodes refer to places of significant commercial activity, from individual buildings to entire neighborhoods. Characteristics of strong nodes include a concentration of uses that bring pedestrian traffic and amenities like seating areas that encourage people to gather.

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    Times Square in New York City is an example of an urban node. Nodes are geographic locations or sites of activity that attract people. They can be neighborhoods, intersections, commercial areas, civic centers, or parks. Nodes are also locations of transportation importance, like ports, train stations, or airports that influence a city's development. Economic nodes refer to places of significant commercial activity, from individual buildings to entire neighborhoods. Characteristics of strong nodes include a concentration of uses that bring pedestrian traffic and amenities like seating areas that encourage people to gather.

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    Times Square in New York City is an example of an urban node. Nodes are geographic locations or sites of activity that attract people. They can be neighborhoods, intersections, commercial areas, civic centers, or parks. Nodes are also locations of transportation importance, like ports, train stations, or airports that influence a city's development. Economic nodes refer to places of significant commercial activity, from individual buildings to entire neighborhoods. Characteristics of strong nodes include a concentration of uses that bring pedestrian traffic and amenities like seating areas that encourage people to gather.

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    TIMES SQUARE

    URBAN AND CITY NODES Irene


    kavalak
    What is a NODE?
    It is the
    concentration of
    activities in a city
    In urban planning and design, a n
    ode can be,

    v A GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION
    oNeighborhoods, intersections, r
    oadways

    v A SITE OF ACTIVITY AND INTERACTION


    o Commercial & business corridors
    , public squares, civic center
    s, parks

    v
    A LOCATION OF INTEREST THAT ATTRACTS
    PEOPLE
    oHistoric landmarks, libraries,
    churches, community centers
    ACCESSIBILITY / CONNECTIVITY
    NODES

    Relate to locations that


    transfer passengers and
    freight,

     include terminals such as


    ports, rail stations, airports
    and distribution centers

    Most cities owe their initial


    development to a location
    that grants access to local,
    regional and/or
    international circulation,
    commonly a port site

    Accessibility nodes are often


    dependent on the specific
    geographical requirements
    of each transport nodes,
    notably in terms of space
    consumption

    ECONOMIC NODES

    Refer to locations that


    perform a function of
    economic significance
     MAJOR NODES are places where there is a
    perceived area of continuous activity
    surrounded by a building density that
    supports it
     MINOR NODES are areas where activity
    and density are anticipated to increase
    over time
     Nodes can vary in size/scale from a bu
    ilding or intersection to a neighborhoo
    d or city
     Nodes are those places where people and
    transportation routes congregate
     Nodes are generally located at points
    where two or more transit routes or
    travel modes intersect
    Characteristics of Nodes:
    These nodes should occur where
    single uses or a combination of
    uses lead to higher levels of
    pedestrian activity
    Pedestrian nodes should include
    such furnishings as drinking
    fountains, trash cans and benches
    to increase the users sense of
    comfort Seating should be
    arranged to accommodate groups
    of people
    Careful thought should be given
    to the amount of seating provided
    because too much unused seating
    may detract from the goal of
    creating an active area
    According to KEVIN ANDREW LYNCH,
    an American Town Planner and
    Author, has arrived at the
    perpetual form of urban
    environments

    •Landmark
    •District
    •Node
    •Edge
    •Path
    •NODES are points, the strategic
    spots in a city into which an
    observer can enter and which are
    the intensive foci to and from
    which he is travelling

    •They may be primarily junctions,


    place of a break in
    transportation, a crossing of
    convergence of path, moments of
    shift from one structure to
    another

    •Indeed conceiving the environment


    at a National or International
    level, then the whole city itself
    may become a node
    THANK YOU

    References:
    •https://transportgeographyorg/
    ?page_id=4713
    •https://wwwtheurbanistorg/201
    7/03/29/uptown-urban-design-
    framework-feis/
    •http://wwwlaboratoriorapuit/L

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