SUSTAINABLE URBANISM – DOUGLAS FARR
WRONG COURSE OF THE AMERICAN LIFESTYLE
At one time Americans got to their destinations on foot and had everything they needed within proximity to their household; people lived locally, they settled in one place and stayed there. People walked to their workplaces and children walked to their schools. American president Abraham Lincoln famously walked six miles each way in order to visit the library. But then cities expanded and people in order to escape the density and attain their so called American dream started shifting to suburbs or satellite towns outside the city. This suburbanization not only caused urban decay in the main city but also made their dwellers completely dependent on automobiles for their transportation.
According to Douglas Farr “The belief that an optimal society or an evolved community can be created through every individual pursuing his or her own heightened self-interest is being put to a severe test and many would argue that it has failed badly. Our lifestyle, to put it simply, is on the wrong course”.
EFFECTS ON HEALTH
Due to dependence on automobiles people have become experts at creating spaces with ever
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