The Horizontal Metropolis
A Radical Project
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Beschreibung
The horizontal metropolis: an urban design concept for the future?
Two contrasting terms are joined to conjugate the traditional idea of metropolis with horizontality; to combine the center of a vast territory—hierarchically organized, dense, vertical, and produced by polarization—with the idea of a more diffuse, isotropic urban condition, where center and periphery blur. Beyond a simplistic center versus periphery opposition, the concept of a horizontal metropolis reveals the dispersed condition as a potential asset, rather than a limit, to the construction of a sustainable and innovative urban dimension.
Around 1990, Terry McGee, an urban researcher at University of British Columbia, coined the term desakota, deriving from Indonesian “desa” (village) and “kota” (city). Desakota areas typically occur in Asia, especially South East Asia. The term describes an area situated outside the periurban zone, often sprawling alongside arterial and communication roads, sometimes from one agglomeration to the next. They are characterized by high population density and intensive agricultural use, but differ from densely populated rural areas by more urban-like characteristics.
The new book The Horizontal Metropolis investigates such areas alongside examples in the US, Italy, and Switzerland. The study highlights the advantages of the concept and its relevance under economical, ecological, and social aspects. The concept reflects a vision of global urbanization that does no longer allow for “outside” areas and that will test the urban ecosystem to its limits.
Urbanisierungsprozesse im erweiterten Umland von Grossstädten sind weltweit äusserst vielfältige Herausforderungen für die Raum- und Infrastrukturplanung Präsentiert Forschungen zu Siedlungsstrukturen, die weder dem städtischen noch dem ländlichen Raum zugeordnet werden können Untersucht das Konzept des Desakota bzw. der horizontalen Metropole auf seine Zukunftstauglichkeit hin
Autor*in
Paola Viganò
Themen in »The Horizontal Metropolis«
Desakota Urbanism Rural area Urban area Urbanismus Raumplanung City planning Städteplanung Urban planning Viganò, Paola Raumentwicklung Spatial planning Stadtentwicklung Cavalieri, Chiara Raum, ländlicher