Cities of the Future?
Rescuing the city's lost soul - National - www.theage.com.au
It's nice to read an article like this one that portrays a way forward from our current conundrum of living in suburbs that contain nothing but houses and cars.
A visiting academic by the name of Michael Sorkin is currently in Melbourne to speak on his vision of how cities can become more inhabitable and less of an impact on the world at large.
Higher density living, less driving, rooftop gardens and populations of no more than a million per city are some of the ideas put forward.
Let's just hope that in the not too distant future, people will think this kind of lifestyle sounds more appealing than living in a McMansion 30-40 kilometres from where they work and having nothing to do on the weekends.
posted by Unknown @ 2:14 pm
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Greetings Rambler!
Thanks for visiting my blog and commenting on my entry. Muchly appreciated!
As to your post here about the higher-density cities with rooftop gardens and less driving ... it sounds just like my hometown of New York City. Well, all except the "million people per city" bit. I do believe we've gone way over the top of that in population. :)
I look very much forward to reading further entries ... so keep them coming!
WearyHag
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