The problems created by metropolitanization have become increasingly apparent. Attempts to limit growth; disperse populations and plan neighbourhoods have been largely unsuccessful. Strategies are needed to improve the worlds major cities in the twenty-first century. Tom Angotti is fundamentally optimistic about the future of the metropolis; but questions urban planningrsquo;s inability to integrate urban and rural systems; its contribution to the growth of inequality; and increasing enclave development throughout the world. Using the concept of urban orientalism as a theoretical underpinning of modern urban planning grounded in global inequalities; Angotti confronts this traditional model with new; progressive approaches to community and metropolis.Written in clear; precise terms by an award-winning author; The New Century of the Metropolis argues that only when the city is understood as a necessary and beneficial acccompaniment to social progress can a progressive; humane approach to urban planning be developed.
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