Video Sundays: Shadow Cities
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6972342669661544017TED Talks: The “shadow cities” of the future
Robert Neuwirth, author of Shadow Cities, finds the world’s squatter sites — where a billion people now make their homes — to be thriving centers of ingenuity and innovation. He takes us on a tour.
I’m not really feeling the whole “I’m going to read a passage from my book” thing, as I think he could have just told the story himself in a more organic way – but otherwise, a pretty interesting video.
Also, check out Stewart Brand [seen previously on AMNP here : City Planets] at TED explaining why squatter cities are a good thing:
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- VS 10.02.2008: ‘City Planet’
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Posted: October 5th, 2008
at 11:23am by orangemenace
Categories: architecture, urban/master planning, videos
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