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Leon Krier argues that zoning tries to separate uses rather than blend them, which is unnatural. He uses the analogy that zoning your diet or separating ingredients on a pizza would be absurd, just as separating urban functions through zoning is. Blending uses, as occurs naturally, benefits cities more than separation. Diversity within residential areas, as Jane Jacobs also advocated, builds a fuller society with more interaction between different parts. Zoning should permit and encourage diversity rather t

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Iacubenco Alexandr
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