10 Ways Cities Are Turning Back Time
It's back to the future for global cities, now that we've realized what a mess the 20th century was.
"For all the focus that's placed on smart, tech-savvy cities of the future, the truth is that, in many ways, cities are turning back the clock. After a period of incredible waste, we've entered a period of incredible panic: If we don't find more sustainable ways to live and work, our future cities are doomed," writes Nicole Ferraro.
"[T]he answers that city decision makers are coming up with have been there all along. In planning our future cities, we're really just returning to the past."
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Published on Tuesday, November 19, 2013 in
Topics
- Book Review: The Divided City, by Alan Mallach
- A Famous Former Planning Director and the 'War on Cars'
- The Ancient Roots of New Urbanism
- Sued for Gentrification
- The Uses Of Urban Theory
- Chicago's New Train to O'Hare Won't Be a Train—It's Elon Musk's 'Loop'
- The Massive Significance of Ford's Move into Detroit's Abandoned Michigan Central Depot
- Op-Ed: Downtown Denver's Homogenous Renaissance
- Harvard Housing Report: Housing Market Still Short-Changing Renters, Young Americans
- San Francisco's Next Mayor a Self-Described 'Pro-Housing' Politician With Support From YIMBYs
- Proposed Tower Would Redefine Height on the West Coast
- All Systems Car2Go for Pilot Project in Chicago
- A Rooftop Dog Park With a Downtown View
- Wildfire Damage Could Quadruple in Canada by 2100
- Should Ride-Hailing Vehicles Reduce Emissions?
- California Realtors Hope Ballot Initiative Will Put More Homes on Market
- In Sprawling Charlotte, Traffic Jams Point to Climate Solutions
- Illuminated Futures
- Trump Executive Order Clears the Way for More Offshore Drilling
- $29 Million in Series C Funding for an Urban Agricultural Company
