The aim of the new urbanism is to create livable cities.
This means the creation and restoration of diverse, walkable, compact, vibrant, mixed-use communities composed of the same components as conventional development, but assembled in a more integrated fashion, in the form of complete communities.
Adelaide is ideally placed to transform itself along these lines. Just look at the benefits for people:

An old idea being reinvented:

Alas, under the present pro-business City Council Adelaide is going to become more of an asphalt wasteland.
Posted by Gary Sauer-Thompson at August 5, 2003 01:07 AM | TrackBack