In the multiple urban regions around the world, arranging shops, educational institutions, and residences in designed areas and creating a clear boundary between them has become prevalent practice. Although this measure has both pros and cons, I would discuss both sides before concluding whether or not the positive sides outweigh the potential detriments.
On the one hand, the approach of creating different areas that has uniquely different function and hosts a certain activity may have a lot of benefits. First, this arrangement would not mix housing units with locations of other services, decreasing distractions and noise pollutions that can improve the general well-being of residents. Second, business operators may have the chance to blend in with other owners, helping them boost the recoginition of their brands and eventually profitability.
On the other hand, dividing cities using this approach may waste people’s time and effort as traveling becomes much more intensive. Normally, people can limit their demand for travel as product sellers or service providers operate within walking distance from their house. However, this new arrangement would require them to travel much more extensively, leading to pollution and wastage of time. As a result, this approach may worsen the level of pollution while pushing more vehicles onto the roads – a culprit of vehicular congestions.
In conclustion, although the novel model of urban planning that creates segment of cities based on functionalities has been widenly adopted, it can bring about both advantages and disadvantages. Nevetheless, the detriments of causing more pollution and traffic congestions may be more important and should be taken into account more seriously, compared to the benefit of eleminating noise pollutions and mild discomfort for residents.