Urban Development 2120

CHAPTER 11

Designer Cities

Components

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What do people of the present, and the upcoming teenage generation, expect from their cities and habitats when they grow to adulthood? In the first instance, one would assume the governing factor in response to this question would be how well-off generations X, Y, and Z see themselves in particular countries, with the less advantaged considering movement in the advanced direction, wanting what they see available in the West.

An interesting phenomenon that has managed to equalize how well off these teenagers see themselves has come from the use of the Internet, where access to computers and phones gives younger people the possibility of communicating and playing games beyond socioeconomic boundaries. This ...