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<\/a>33.<\/span> The basic cell of human settlement is a physical scalar unit that is an expression of its community\u2014politically, socially, culturally, economically, etc. The settlement will only function properly only if this unit is not fragmented in any way.<\/strong><\/h1>\n

\u00a0<\/span>Law 1<\/span><\/a> states that the physical fabric of a settlement is an expression of a community\u2019s values\u2014political, social, economic, cultural, etc. The material manifestations of these dimensions are critical to its well-being and are established at a series of different scales (Law 0<\/span><\/a> and Law 8<\/span><\/a>). However, some are more important to their respective communities than others and unique to each settlement.<\/p>\n

Ray Oldenburg echoed this thirty years later in his influential book The Great Good Place<\/span>. Within, he describes the importance of the \u201cthird place\u201d\u2014inclusive social places separate from home and work\u2014and their roles in developing a healthy community. His work cites a number of historical examples, from the French Cafe to the American Main Street, that have served this purpose over time. As one can see, they are different and range in scale, and Oldenburg suggests that they served as critical \u201cinformal public gathering places\u201d that unified neighbourhoods, among other important social functions.<\/p>\n

Similarly, in Built for Change<\/span>, Anne Vernez Moudon cites the \u2018Building\/House\u2019 as the basic cell of the city, while the lot acted as the \u201cbasic cell of neighbourhood\u201d (Moudon, 1989, p. 144). She goes on further to discuss how tenure and inhabitation act as ways of controlling the residential cell.<\/p>\n

Whatever the scale, Doxiadis states that these important physical places must remain intact in order for communities within a settlement to function properly.<\/p>\n

FURTHER READING (full citations found in reference list<\/a>):<\/p>\n\n