People and Cities September 2006. Urban Land in the New York Metropolitan Region 19301990.

People and Cities

September 2006

Urban Land in the New YorkMetropolitan Region

1930 1990

From E. Howard – “Three Magnets” 1898

Le Corbusier and the 1930s Radiant City

Frank Lloyd Wright and 1930s Broadarce City

Robert Moses and NYC

Cross Bronx Expressway

People and Cities: Tensions and Roots of Sustainability

• Authors: Ebenezer Howard, Lewis Mumford, Aldo Leopold, Jane Jacobs, Ian McHarg

• Balance: Low density vs. high density - Howard• Cities Arise out of Needs and Desires. How are

cities produced? From what societal actions do they result? Mumford

• Loss of connection between land and people - Leopold

• What are the measures of a good community – Jacobs

• Identify good places for community - McHarg