Urbanism Without Density

摘要

The predominance of sprawling, low-density urban environments throughout the world begs the question: What constitutes a city? Such environments also require us to rethink public space, traditionally at the core of city centres. Rafi Segal and Els Verbakel outline the challenges and opportunities that cities of dispersal raise. Our built environment is in the process of reorganising itself, redistributing densities of buildings, population and activities. Cities are expanding, growing and sprawling, while at the same time their centres and downtowns are shrinking, disappearing, voiding out.