shantytowns and slums as organic, self-built and largely unplanned models of this kind of efficiency:
These shanties meet many of the ideals of eco-city designers. They are high-density but low-rise; their lanes and alleys are largely pedestrianised; and many of their inhabitants recycle waste materials from the wider city.
From a purely ecological perspective, shanties and their inhabitants are a good example of the new, green urban metabolism. Despite their sanitary and security failings, they often have a social vibrancy and ecological systems that get lost in most planned urban environments.
So perhaps something can be taken from the chaos and decentralised spontaneity embodied in shanties, and combined with the planned infrastructure of a designed eco-city...The key is to put people and ecology joint first.
If this is right, then it's yet another example of how salvation comes from below ...
WorldChanging: Another World Is Here: What Would Eco-cities Look Like?:Filed in: urban, planning, cities, growth, environment, ecology, shantytowns
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