Angus Bradley

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humanscalecities:

Reinventing Urbanism in a Time of Economic Crisis

Manuel Castells, University Professor and Wallis Annenberg Chair in Communications & Society, University of Southern California

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Some points:

  • The current crisis is the end of some world — not the world.
  • The equivalent of 75% of global GDP has been wiped out by the housing bust.
  • We are moving into a post-consumption society. Living to consume is over.
  • The savings rate of US population is up sharply in the past decade, now up to 6%. Reducing demand farther, worsening the cycle.

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    I don’t quite make some of the largest leaps in logic the author does - but his rethinking of urbanism needs to be on...
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    And this is the type of change & thinking we need for the future. Things have changed #wakeup
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