The Limits Of The City - Murray Bookchin

Topics Urbanism, Utopia, Social Ecology

Collection opensource

Language English

Essay on the evolution of urbanism that attempts to rescue a progressive tradition of city life from the current pathway of sprawling megacities.

Cities that are budding outward lack significant vertical growth, but because they are in their infancy, in terms of urban development, could benefit most from policies designed to encourage more sustainable growth.

Most urban growth, researchers have found, is defined by expansion at margins. Cities aren't getting taller, they're getting wider, fueled by suburban sprawl, not skyscrapers.

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Cities are expanding outward, not upward -- an unsustainable pattern

Most urban growth, researchers have found, is defined by expansion at margins. Cities aren't getting taller, they're getting wider, fueled by suburban sprawl, not skyscrapers.