THE LARGEST SHIFT IN THE WAY WE LIVE - EVER
Demographic shift. It is a remarkable thing. We are
experiencing the most rapid change in the nature of
human habitat ever seen. Within the next five decades
the average size of the world's cities will double, and then
they will likely stop growing -potentially forever. Thus the
cities we build now will be the cities we may live with, for
centuries, perhaps for millennia. As absurd as this
may seem the numbers bear this out. The birthrate is
rapidly declining around the world, and even in the
absence of any perturbations (wars, plagues, economic
collapse) the UN projects that we will hit a population peak
somewhere between 9 and 10 billion people, and then stop
adding people faster than they die. The reasons are complex but they can be simplified.
AT THE SAME TIME BIRTHRATES COLLAPSE WORLDWIDE
AND WHILE THE MIDDLE CLASS VANISHES
THE QUESTION: DOES THIS NEED TO BE BAD FOR CITIES?
TWO CITY TYPES EMERGE: THE FORMAL AND THE INFORMAL
TWO CITY TYPES : THE FORMAL
TWO CITY TYPES : THE INFORMAL
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WHAT ARE THE RULES (or organizing principles) OF THIS NEW CITY
RULE 1: THE CITY IS AN ORGANIC SYSTEM – NOT A MACHINE.
RULE 1: THE CITY IS AN ORGANIC SYSTEM – NOT A MACHINE.
WHAT DOES IT ALL MEAN?
A MACHINE FOR LIVING
PRUITT – IGOE HOUSING 1954 PRUITT – IGOE HOUSING 1972
ICONIC MONEY MACHINE.
CITY SYSTEMS: URBAN CELLS SCALED TO ENTERPRISE. MANY UNITS MAKE A WHOLE
RULE 2: RECOGNIZE AND WORK WITH THE PATTERN OF THE CITY
RULE 2: RECOGNIZE THE PATTERN
RULE 2: RECOGNIZE THE PATTERN
RULE 2: RECOGNIZE THE PATTERN
RULE THREE: APPLY LIGHTER GREENER CHEAPER SMARTER INFRASTRUCTUE
RULE THREE: APPLY LIGHTER GREENER CHEAPER SMARTER INFRASTRUCTUE
RULE THREE: APPLY LIGHTER GREENER CHEAPER SMARTER INFRASTRUCTUE
MENDOZA ARGENTINA
MENDOZA SAN JUAN
RULE THREE: APPLY LIGHTER GREENER CHEAPER SMARTER INFRASTRUCTUE
RULE THREE: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, WHAT 8 BILLION CAN BUY.
RULE FOUR: STRENGTHEN SOCIAL RESILIENCE THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESIGN
RULE FOUR: STRENGTHEN SOCIAL RESILIENCE THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESIGN
RULE FOUR: STRENGTHEN SOCIAL RESILIENCE THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESIGN
RULE FOUR: STRENGTHEN SOCIAL RESILIENCE THROUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING DESIGN
VIENNA NON-MARKETHOUSING
WHERE ELSE DO WE OWN 20 BILLION WORTH OF GOOD LAND?
RULE FIVE: ADAPT TO SHIFT IN JOBS AND WAGES
RULE FIVE: ADAPT TO SHIFT IN JOBS AND WAGES
RULE FIVE: ADAPT TO SHIFT IN JOBS AND WAGES
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BOOK: https://islandpress.org/books/five-rules-tomorrows-cities