Beyond Sprawl: Rethinking Humanity’s Habitats
Wagner, Cynthia G.
The Futurist, January/February 2006, v,40, # 1, pp35-43
How will technology affect where we live in the future? How will where we live affect our technology? This special section tries to provide answers through articles by several futurists, who examine the challenges facing tomorrow’s human habitat planners.
- A New Garden of Eden
Mitchell, William J.
Futurist; Jan/Feb2006, Vol. 40 #1, pp39-40
MIT architecture professor William J. Mitchell envisions how computer networking will connect more people in more ways and transform cities, both practically and conceptually.
- "New Villages for a New Era"
McIntyre, Robert
Futurist; Jan/Feb2006, Vol. 40 #1, pp36-38
“New Villages” developer Robert McIntyre shows how we could make better use of rural communities to accommodate people’s desire for less-hectic lifestyles that are still connected, via communications technologies, with their jobs and communities.
- “Of Neighborhoods, Networks, and Nodes”
Rushkoff, Douglas
Futurist; Jan/Feb2006, Vol. 40 #1, pp40-41
Media and cultural critic Douglas Rushkoff describes a new priority for many people to be more in tune with their physical and social environments. He suggests that we may see the end of “fortress” cities as we find ways to make our future towns more pleasant places in which to live.
- Rethinking Utopia: A Town Primarily for People
Zellmer, Gene L.
Futurist; Jan/Feb2006, Vol. 40 #1, pp39-42
Visionary developer L. Gene Zellmer offers an inspirational perspective that moves us away from “urban planning” and toward “utopia building”.
- The Santa Fe-ing of Civilization
Garreau, Joel
Futurist; Jan/Feb2006, Vol. 40 #1, pp39-42
"Edge City" author Joel Garreau notes the importance of facilitating face-to-face contact in the habitats we are building.
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