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We analyse the growth and shape of the pre-industrial city as a result of the transportation technology available before the mechanisation of transport. Such city is constrained in size by walking speed. Because of the need of minimising transportation time or cost it has, necessarily, one centre and is fairly dense. The location of pre-industrial cities was also often determined by access to water-based transportation. We point out to New York and Venice as two examples of cities already preeminent before the mechanisation of transport. New York adapted to the new technology, but that is not the case for Venice. |
