Foundations 19 – Infrastructure Space

Urbanization is a global trend. Over half the world’s population now lives in urban environments; cities are growing increasingly gigantic. But Detroit, the largest city in the US state of Michigan, has seen the opposite development: The former world center of the automobile industry is one of the few large cities on the planet that has been hit by massive shrinkage. In 1950 nearly two million people lived here; today the population is less than 700,000. Of the 300,000 buildings in the city, about 70,000 are vacant; entire streets have been deserted.

The city is being gradually steered toward a brighter future.

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