ABSTRACT
The neighborhood unit concept is one of the most important concepts in modern city planning. This concept was originally developed in 1929 by Clarence Arthur Perry, a colleague of Sir Thomas Adams, as a part of the preparation of the regional plan for New York. The essence of the concept may be summarized as follows: for stability, for preservation of amenities, and for the creation of socially desirable sense of community, a city should develop its residential areas in a number of individual cellular units. These units should provide all of the facilities required by the family within the immediate vicinity of its dwelling. Each unit should have a distinctive, unifying character of its own and be well insulated from surrounding units. Figure 13.1 graphically illustrates the concept as originally envisioned by Perry.
