So perhaps something can be taken from the chaos and decentralised spontaneity embodied in
shanties, and combined with the planned infrastructure of a designed eco-city. Cities built without
extensive high-rise can still be dense enough to make life without a car profitable, and they can retain
the economies of scale needed for the new metabolism built around efficient recycling of everything
from sewage to sandwich wrappers. At the same time, they need to remain flexible enough for people
to adapt them to the way they want to live