The city most altered by urban motorway construction is perhaps [[Los Angeles]]. Here, the building of a network of urban freeways led to the waning of the city centre as an economic and social magnet, and the development of a diffused city environment which has been characterised by planning theorists as [[No Place Urban Realm]]. The [[Edge City]] model described by Joel Garreau also depends on extensive urban motorways. | The city most altered by urban motorway construction is perhaps [[Los Angeles]]. Here, the building of a network of urban freeways led to the waning of the city centre as an economic and social magnet, and the development of a diffused city environment which has been characterised by planning theorists as [[No Place Urban Realm]]. The [[Edge City]] model described by Joel Garreau also depends on extensive urban motorways. |