tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post1610376595519694439..comments2024-03-23T04:01:39.348-04:00Comments on Understanding Society: Super-high-density ShanghaiDan Littlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15953897221283103880noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-71000673522753060932010-11-08T12:02:12.052-05:002010-11-08T12:02:12.052-05:00Yangtze River Delta mega-region by night looks jus...Yangtze River Delta mega-region by night looks just the same as blight on a leaf, really.<br /><br />Stay on groovin' safari,<br />Torhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03037704048671379868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-42437802438519177812010-11-06T22:37:40.762-04:002010-11-06T22:37:40.762-04:00I wonder whether Stein actually has lived in Shang...I wonder whether Stein actually has lived in Shanghai for a longer period of time. I live here, since 4 years, and see it much more critical. <br />"Being built upon a backbone of compact flats and public transit, rather than homes on large lots and personal automobiles". <br />Shanghai was very much build on personal automobiles. A former major massively removed bike lanes to create car only roads. I live in Shanghai and experience the results of such plans every day, with its traffic jams (despite the "two-level road tunnel") and overcrowded metros.<br />I don't feel Shanghai being well planned or innovative. Same procedure as everywhere: more roads, overheads, tunnels.<br />I also wonder whether the compact flats are really a place where people want to live in. Have you ever seen these enormous apartment complexes? Do they have any living quality? Are these really sustainable?<br />Anyway, the thought that these high-density cities enable new economic and informational networks is a fascinating one, but I fear that these networks will collapse one day under the weight of its members.Carstenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13761130704731219981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4058766287077382431.post-21409062351438670952010-11-06T09:40:06.735-04:002010-11-06T09:40:06.735-04:00Shanghai will have to be abandoned when the sea ri...Shanghai will have to be abandoned when the sea rises.fpteditorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04620275872850435922noreply@blogger.com