City After The Automobile

Name: City After The Automobile
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

In an age of virtual offices, urban flight and planned gated communities, are cities becoming obsolete? Moshe Safdie argues in this book that, as crucibles for creative, social and political interaction, vital cities are an organic and necessary part of human civilization. > In an age of virtual offices, urban flight, and planned gated communities, are cities becoming obsolete? In this passionate manifesto, Moshe Safdie argues that as crucibles for creative, social, and political interaction, vital cities are an organic and necessary part of human civilization. If we are to rescue them from dispersal and decay, we must first revise our definition of what constitutes a city.Unlike many who believe that we must choose between cities and suburbs, between mass transit and highways, between monolithic highrises and panoramic vistas, Safdie envisions a way to have it all. Effortless mobility throughout a region of diverse centers, residential communities, and natural open spaces is the a