Creating Cities That Provide for All That Is

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I think part of it is acknowledging that there's not one dream. There are multiple dreams in multiple stages of life. And creating cities that provide for all that is is the trick. But i also think that there are huge disparities in which neighborhoods have access to green space. Park equity is a big issue. Part of this gets to how we design cities. We were thinking about building cities and urban fabrics and acces to jobs, but we're not necessarily thinking about those green spaces where kids play,. or for conservation, for the planet em. I don't know what the better system would be; why in the world would you build in that richer people had better public schools? Ke want

The concept of the city is a crucial one for human civilization: people living in proximity, bringing in resources from outside, separated from the labors of subsistence so they can engage in the trade of goods and ideas. But we are still learning how cities grow and adapt to new conditions, as well as how we can best guide them to be livable as well as functional. I talk with urban scientist Catherine Brinkley about the structure of cities, including the fractal nature of their shapes, as well as what we can do to make cities thrive as much as possible.

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Catherine Brinkley received a Ph.D. in City and Regional Planning as well as a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Pennsylvania. She is currently Associate Professor of Human Ecology and Faculty Director at the Center for Regional Change at the University of California, Davis. She has been awarded fellowships from the Fulbright Foundation, the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity, and the Santa Fe Institute.