Includes bibliographical references (pages [373]-394) and index.
Contents:
Preface: On the high line -- What is a city? -- Inside the beehive -- Building between buildings -- A creative place -- Rebooting the community -- Trust in the city -- Walking in Dharavi -- Maximum city -- Moving around -- How may lightbulbs does it take to chance a city? -- A place called home -- Epilogue: After Hudson Street.
Summary:
At the beginning of the century, we became 50% urban as a global population, and by 2050 we're going to be up to 70% urban. Cities could either be our coffin or our ark. Hollis presents evidence that cities can deliver a better life, and investigates how cities all over the world are tackling climate change, population growth, poverty, shifting work patterns and the maintenance of the fragile trust of their citizens.
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