Friday, 31 August 2012

Week 3 Research

Car Free Cities www.carfree.com


  • 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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