"classic, incisive, thought-provoking" – Journal of the American Planning Association
"a fascinating contribution, beautifully published" – Municipal Engineer
" opens up the horizon to a new era of street-oriented urban and transportation planning" – Transport Reviews
'Using a number of measures ... he is able to classify networks in a useful and insightful way.
'Marshall's contribution is the opening of a systematic exploration of network structures and the development of a number of new approaches to deal with the problems implied. I am sure that his book will become a key reference in the literature on urban and transport network form.' - both DISP 2005
'Well illustrated.' - Sebastian Loew, Urban Design, Summer 2005
'It's big. It's heavy. It isn't cheap. It is, however, a thoughtful and significant contribution to the growing body of formal knowledge on our urban realm.'
'His subtext - a gentle exploration of economic priorities and a philosophical approach to cities via traffic structures - ensures it should find its way out of the urbanist family and onto the laps of economists and opinion formers.'
'An entirely worthwhile study.' - all Trenton Oldfield, Civic Focus, Winter 2005/06
'This is an extremely informative and helpful book.' - Urban Morphology
'This is one of the most exciting books the reviewers have read this year ... [it] would be of the most interest to students and researchers ... as well as to practitioners who are looking for a useful guideline for better urban design.' - Transport Reviews
'Marshall's contribution is the opening of a systematic exploration of network structures and the development of a number of new approaches to deal with the problems implied. I am sure that his book will become a key reference in the literature on urban and transport network form.' - DISP 2005
'A thoughtful and significant contribution to the growing body of formal knowledge on our urban realm ... An entirely worthwhile study.' - Trenton Oldfield, Civic Focus, Winter 2005/06
'This is one of the most exciting books the reviewers have read this year ... [it] would be of the most interest to students and researchers ... as well as to practitioners who are looking for a useful guideline for better urban design.' - Transport Reviews