ABSTRACT

As the interconnected forces of Modernist planning policies, over consumption and climate change (both anthropomorphic and naturally occurring) increase the frequency and magnitude of shocks to the optimal function of modern centrally planned cities. The inability of these cities to mitigate, adapt to and efficiently recover from these shocks will become more prevalent. This vulnerability is born out of a systematic conception of an urban environment as a centrally organized, top-down process, designed to operate optimally within a narrow, clearly defined paradigm, over a large and ever expanding area.