Five Rules for Tomorrow’s Cities: Design in an Age of Urban Migration, Demographic Change, and a Disappearing

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As urban designers respond to the critical issue of climate change they must also address three cresting cultural waves: the worldwide rural‑to‑urban migration; the collapse of global fertility rates; and the disappearance of the middle class. In Five Rules for Tomorrow’s Cities, planning and design expert Patrick Condon offers five rules to help urban designers assimilate these interconnected changes into their work: (1) See the City as a System; (2) Recognize Patterns in the Urban Environment; (3) Apply Lighter, Greener, Smarter Infrastructure; (4) Strengthen Social and Economic Urban Resilience; and (5) Adapt to Shifts in Jobs, Retail, and Wages. Five Rules for Tomorrow’s Cities provides grounded and financially feasible design examples for tomorrow’s sustainable cities, and the design tools needed to achieve them. Front Matter ....Pages i-xv Introduction (Patrick M. Condon)....Pages 1-7 The Three Waves That Are Changing Cities Forever (Patrick M. Condon)....Pages 9-35 Urban Design Responses to the Three Great Waves (Patrick M. Condon)....Pages 37-56 Rule One: See the City as a System (Patrick M. Condon)....Pages 57-75 Rule Two: Recognize Patterns in Urban Environments (Patrick M. Condon)....Pages 77-100 Rule Three: Apply Lighter, Greener, Smarter Infrastructure (Patrick M. Condon)....Pages 101-119 Rule Four: Strengthen Social Resilience through Affordable Housing Design (Patrick M. Condon)....Pages 121-156 Rule Five: Adapt to Shifts in Jobs, Retail, and Wages (Patrick M. Condon)....Pages 157-186 Back Matter ....Pages 187-221