Cities of Reconciliation and Revolution

Half of the world’s population already lives in cities and more are on their way to becoming urbanites. Rapid urbanization is exerting unrelenting pressure on the environment, transportation, energy and employment, pushing countries around the world to work out solutions. China has approached these problems according to its own situation, and historic and cultural foundations. After years of exploration and experimentation some cities are customizing and piloting their own solutions. The import of this goes deeper than “nice and clean”; some say it is publicly and privately revolutionary.