Christie Walk — Some Firsts
Christie Walk is the first development of its kind in an Australian city. It can lay claim to a number of substantial firsts:
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New Scientist — beguiling but error-prone
As an advocate of Ecopolis for the best part of 2 decades I was pleased to see the idea given such a beguiling presentation in New Scientist of 17 June.
There has been a good deal of seminal work by far more people than Fred Pearce mentions, but he has done a fair job of bringing together most of the key issues that define an Ecopolis (and the front cover illustration was terrific!).
What I can’t understand is why he misrepresents Christopher Alexander as an advocate for inflexible cities that deny the value of neighbourhoods.