But we are not living in 2000 BC anymore. Public matters can be solved in distributed ways since the 1990s via public websites. What is happening right now is a much more fundamental change in the way cities operate.
1. The third social space (restaurants, cafe's, etc) becomes more and more irrelevant due to delivery services. So you can enjoy restaurant food within the comfort of your home.
As a result urban space used for restaurants will likely decrease.
2. Retail is dying for a long while. Currently 10.3% of urban retail space in Singapore (where I live) is not used.
Tendency increasing. The only thing working against the trend are co-working spaces, accelerators and incubators.
We have to come to terms that instead of building cities for cars we need to build cities for mobile humans with a cellphone.
1. The third social space (restaurants, cafe's, etc) becomes more and more irrelevant due to delivery services. So you can enjoy restaurant food within the comfort of your home. As a result urban space used for restaurants will likely decrease.
2. Retail is dying for a long while. Currently 10.3% of urban retail space in Singapore (where I live) is not used. Tendency increasing. The only thing working against the trend are co-working spaces, accelerators and incubators.
We have to come to terms that instead of building cities for cars we need to build cities for mobile humans with a cellphone.