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Density of beady-ring structures correlates with higher human communication quality in Hillier & Hanson's study of village G.

Empirical finding from The Social Logic of Space showing that beady-ring structures are a key variable for community cohesion.

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

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The characteristic which most makes the community work, in human terms, is the presence of the beady-ring structure and the density of these beady-ring structures.
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Interpretation of Hillier and Hanson's finding, asserting that social function is spatial center-configuration.

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