As with most new ideas it is how things are carried out that make all the difference.
Urban sprawl is not the best use of much land.
How going about making the cities run better is of great importance to making life better for many.
I have been thinking about this issue for some time now.
I live in a city & work in maintaining housing.
I have to drive to different areas to work . Living in a northern city with the snow & ice damage to the streets & pipes breaking in the winter. The roads are full of potholes
The bus system is not good.
Cities every where are becoming more crowded & less livable.
The people are there now & the task is to make them more livable. Most people seem to like being around others.
Only though planing & zoning can we really make cities more livable.
What is needed is master planning of what & how cities need to change.
The best way to to that is to expand up rather than out.
To much space is set aside for cars.
If things were closer the need for cars & the space need for them will go down.
So I am all for putting more people in to less area & increasing the open areas around them.
The thing to do is think in cubic area instead of square area.
Lets have a master plan of just how many people with the services they need in to smaller area
Not that we would ever build it but to use as a guide line as the most that would ever be done.
There is a building 1/2 mile high now. Inter connect several buildings at various levels. Keep them as far apart as you can & still be connected.
Inter connect them completely at ground level. Add as many things need to be a complete city with all of the services needed.
Make sure that there is a generous area between other like groupings.
My thought is to look at it as using a cubic mile. It need not be square. There pack as many people in to it as possible.
It would only be used as a plan to see what is possible.
The ideas put down would be used in planing new cities or use ideas in adapting cities to the idea.
Buildings in cities need to be looked as being a utility.
Planning & control for the best results is important.
Now it is for us to see just how that can be done in the best interest for the most people. Just remember that it is happening any way.
I know many like to live a part from others but only by making it better for more people to live closer together will you ease the pressure from urban sprawl.