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El autor explora "la difusión descentralizada de Silicon Valley de California, las atestadas calles de la ciudad de Nueva York barrio de Jackson Heights, el crecimiento controlado de Portland, Oregon, y las fachadas etapa-establecidos de la comunidad planificada de Disney, Celeb…
This work discusses the forces (transportational, economic, political) that create the underlying form of cities. The author argues that urban life has broken down due to a basic ignorance of how these forces shape the urban environment.
Do cities work anymore? How did they get to be such sprawling conglomerations of lookalike subdivisions, megafreeways, and "big box" superstores surrounded by acres of parking lots? And why, most of all, don't they feel like real communities? These are the questions that Alex Ma…