- The urban automobile
- Kills streetlife
- Damages the social fabric of communities
- Isolates people
- Fosters suburban sprawl
- Endangers other street users
- Blots the city's beauty
- Disturbs with noise
- Causes pollution
- Wastes energy and natural resources
- Carfree Example in Existing Cities
- Venice
Cities of Tomorrow
- Challenges Facing the City into the Future
- Increasing immigration
- Ageing population
- Multiplication of real and virtual communities
- Increasing economic, social and spacial segregation
- Continuing "Fragmentation" of cities will lead to:
- Isolated communties
- Loss of social cohesion
- Formation of guettos
- Embracing Diversity
- Diversity = greater potential for creativity and innovation
- Cities need to be designed for all citizens and not just for the elite, tourists, and investors.
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