Table 1.

Comparison of different neighbourhood models

Neighbourhood modelDimension
Radius (m)Block (m)Surface (ha)No. dwelInhabitants (inhab.)Density (inhab./ha)
Neighbourhood unit
Perry (1929) 
400–550800 × 800645,00078
Super-block neighbourhoods
Wirth (1938)
400 × 400163,500
6,500
220
400
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Krier (1981)
250–300575 × 5753310,000300
Super-blocks
Rueda (2016)
400 × 400163,5256,234389
Cooperative Land Banks
Swann (1997) 
1,000
30,000
Source: Authors’ own work

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