What may be needed is a built environment flexible enough to allow the quality of experience to evolve over time.
"In the infancy of the Internet, many observers predicted that the proliferation of electronic communications and commerce would render human interaction superfluous. The consequences for cities were considered particularly dire, at a time when urban cores were just beginning to enjoy a renaissance following 50 years of suburbanization and the attendant "malling" of America. Now, in the 21st century, such predictions have proven grossly overblown; the proverbial sky is not falling in on American cities."
-The full text is available online only to members of the Urban Land Institute, or in print in the March 2001 issue of Urban Land Magazine.
Thanks to Urban Land Institute
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