City design, and the need for flexibility

The problem with the history of city design is that it is all about master planning, ignoring resilience theory, with the underlying unspoken intention of creating the ideal city that never needs to be changed

Garcia, E. J., & Vale, B. (2017). Unravelling Sustainability and Resilience in the Built Environment. New York, NY, USA: Routledge (p. 74).

September 8, 2017

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