In the beginning, man adapted to the environment; shortly thereafter, the environment adapted to man. Al Gore’s “inconvenient truth” is fast becoming an uncomfortable reality, and the race is on to find new ways to cope before nature hands us the ultimate eviction notice. However, are the super-cities and hyperstructures under consideration today really new and improved ways for man to exist? “The ‘city of the future’ will be found in the models of the past. Historically through time, man has sought to live in proximity to one another.
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Cities of the Future, Part 2: If We Build Them, Will We Stay?
Posted by: Pam Baker January 17, 2008 04:00 AMIn the beginning, man adapted to the environment; shortly thereafter, the environment adapted to man. Al Gore’s “inconvenient truth” is fast becoming an uncomfortable reality, and the race is on to find new ways to cope before nature hands us the ultimate eviction notice. However, are the super-cities and hyperstructures under consideration today really new and improved ways for man to exist? “The ‘city of the future’ will be found in the models of the past. Historically through time, man has sought to live in proximity to one another.