By Alan Kandel
A month ago, I contended that “Adhering To a Status-Quo City Development Ideology Is So ‘Last Century’”. In fact, the issue is way more involved than business-as-usual development policy being outdated. It seems the proverbial fork-in-the-road has finally been reached: Either grow cities smarter now by managing growth effectively and efficiently and staying one step ahead or continue with a business-as-usual paradigm and, well, hope for the best.
Horizontal Sprawl Meets A Brick Wall
It has become quite clear that the current standard operating procedure of a now half-century old development practice is no longer working. It’s not too difficult to understand why.