Quite analogously, many of the infrastructural networks in cities are also space filling: for example, the terminal units or end points of the utility networks—gas, water, and electricity—have to end up supplying all of the various buildings that constitute a city. The pipe that connects your house to the water line in the street and the electrical line that connects it to the main cable are analogs of capillaries, while your house can be thought of as an analog to cells. Similarly, all employees of a company, viewed as terminal units, have to be supplied by resources (wages, for example) and
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