ABSTRACT
Dalmarnock) the percentage of unemployed against the figure of those in or potentially in employment is 16.3% against a city average of 9.8% (Glasgow City Council, 1995).
There is accordingly a strong spatial structure of a main centre, radial primary routes converging at Bridgeton Cross, and a secondary grid of local streets and urban blocks. The central space is located somewhat off-centre of the area but distances to the edges from the centre are only around 1,000 m or even less. The development patterns in the chosen area vary considerably, and three different neighbourhoods can easily be detected: Calton to the north-west and towards the city centre with an irregular grid and reasonably sized blocks; the area north-east of the cross, again with an irregular grid but with large impermeable blocks of industry (predominant use) and sports fields; and the area south-east of the cross (towards Dalmarnock) in which the grid structure is somewhat erratic and in places interrupted by large impermeable blocks (Fig. 6.03). The scale of these neighbourhoods is close to that required but, with a radius of around 500 m, on the small side. However, as major green spaces are, or are potentially, available in very close proximity to the neighbourhoods, larger open spaces can be provided at
the edge of rather than inside the district, and this will help achieve the required population density.
