ARCH 357 Chapter Notes - Chapter of: Scalability
Document Summary
World will one day be dominated by cities. Cities are the main source of problems disease, economy, global warming, finance. Sustainability is direct to the increase in population across the world. Every week more than 1 mil are added to cities. Cities are also the solution, will influence people to change. If we keep going, we are going to be living in trash basically. The bigger you are the less energy you need per capita in terms of biology. Cities are networks made up of people. It is a physical manifestation of the human interactions. The bigger you are, the more energy needed per capita. Bigger you are, the faster you live (like your life is very hurried) You may fall, run out of resource. To save from this, we have to innovate faster and faster.
