ABSTRACT
The global road networks in China and Japan both take the form of a multidirectional wide-road supergrid network over broad urban areas. In Chinese superblocks, residential and non-residential uses are generally more separated with concentrations and mixes of non-residential activities around gates to residential compounds. The equivalent Japanese superblocks displayed generally greater connection and integration across scales, particularly at the scale of the glocal street network. In both China and Japan, at city scale, a grid configured network is structured as the basic skeleton, which serves cross-city travel and gives definition to superblock cells. The chief advantage of the Chinese superblock structure is that it is more easily controlled offering greater security and protection for residents and users. The chapter also presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book.
