ABSTRACT
The city and urban society have continually advanced and stepped backward over the preceding century. Little has fundamentally changed as a result – but it is about to. Spurred on by the exponential divergence of the coming Digital Decade, a new urban revolution is manifest, whereby disruption and radical change will be facilitated by access to better information, meaningful civic involvement in decision-making, and a critical understanding of the urgency for change. New approaches to property and land holding, and the processes of conceiving, funding and managing development must change completely wherein the benefits of the commons can see a renaissance in a world of ever more limited resources. The Futureproof City will meet these challenges and will create meaningful progress in the lives of its inhabitants; however, all societies will need to adapt rapidly to a new mindset, rejecting long-accepted norms in the face of the unknown.
