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migration to, 137
millennials in, 170–171
movement of city center populations in, 165
multigenerational households in, 182–183
post-familialism in, 130, 133–134
public transit in, 187
quality of global cities in, 95–96
secularism in, 126
seniors in workforce in, 181
shift to suburbia in, 14–15
single-person households in, 179
suburban growth rates in, 152
suburbs as “new slums” in, 159
telecommuters in, 188
urban employment in, 184
war against suburbia in, 146–148
women in workforce in, 135
Unité urbaines, 269n5
Urban areas, 6, 169, 269n5
Urban future, 169–201
choices for citizens, 196–198
and densification in suburbs, 178–179
economic role of central city, 185–186
economics of dispersion, 183–185
familialism, 179–180
focus on small units, 200–201
global housing shortage, 173–175
greening of suburbs, 189–191
home-based economy, 187–189
housing prices, 198–199
job decentralization and commuting, 186–187
millennial choices, 170–173
multigenerational households, 182–183
neo-Malthusian urbanism, 192–194
organic expansion of cities, 199–200
population size, 194–196
reconnecting with nature, 191–192
reviving older suburbs, 177
senior housing choices, 180–182
village-like development, 175–177
Urban growth
boundaries of, 11
current dominant approach to, 169
death rates in cities, 115
in developing world, 169
organic expansion, 199–200
Urban heat island effect, 190–191
Urban hierarchy, 82–83
Urban Land Institute (ULI), 7–8
Urban planners

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desires of citizens vs., 6–7, 12–13, 20, 155, 201
opposition to densification by, 178
on social cohesion, 163
Urban pluralism, 170
“Urban tribes,” 127–128
Uruguay, 53

V
Valencia, California, 177
Value systems, 125–126, 137
Vancouver, 117, 152
Venezuela, 53
Venice, 25, 32, 81, 85
Vernon, Raymond, 17
Viacom, 130
Vienna, 24, 59
Vietnam, 124
Village-like development, 176–177
Villages, economic growth in, 76
VIP zone of cities, 65

W
Waldie, D. J., 46–47
Walker, Jason, 112, 166
Walters, Stephen J. K., 40
Washington, DC

childlessness in, 112, 117
children in, 16
as luxury-oriented city, 40
as political power center, 25
Water quality, 68–69
Wealth, in shaping glamour zones, 96–97
Wealthiest cities, 51–52
Webber, Melvin, 163
Weber, Max, 24, 25
Wells, H. G., 2, 28, 144, 191
Welwyn, 29
Westchester County, New York, 184
Western Europe, 15
“What Is a City For?” (speech), 2
Whitman, Walt, 87–88
Whole Earth Catalog, 9
Whyte, William, 146
Wildlife protection, 192
Williams, Austin, 44, 197
Williams, Richard, 163
Wilson, A. N., 37
Winograd, Morley, 175
Wolfe, Alan, 150
Woodlands, Texas, 177
Workforce

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job decentralization and commuting patterns, 186–187
maintaining, 169
seniors in, 181
women in, 135–136
Working classes, 27
World cities, 81. See also Global cities
World Economic Forum (2015), 44–45
Woronoff, Jan, 95
Worster, Donald, 192
Woudhuysen, James, 175
Wright, Frank Lloyd, 2, 6, 45, 199
Y
Yapeng Zhu, 172
Yap Mui Teng, 195
Z
Zaitun, 81
Zeckendorf, William, 146–147
Zell, Sam, 12
Zukin, Sharon, 106
Zurich, 155

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Table of Contents 4
5
Title Page 6
Copyright 7
Dedication 8
Contents 11
Introduction 24
Chapter 1: What Is a City For? 50
Chapter 2: The Importance of Everyday Life 77
Chapter 3: The Problem with Megacities 106
Chapter 4: Inside the “Glamour Zone” 134
Chapter 5: Post-Familial Places 161
Chapter 6: The Case for Dispersion 192
Chapter 7: How Should We Live? 195
Acknowledgements 242
Bibliography 269
Endnotes
Index

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