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“Market Urbanism” refers to the synthesis of classical liberal economics and ethics (market), with an appreciation of the urban way of life and its benefits to society (urbanism). We advocate for the emergence of bottom up solutions to urban issues, as opposed to ones imposed from the top down.

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Are New Cities Necessary?

July 15, 2024 By Alain Bertaud

Promotors of recently developed cities ranging from Nusantara, the freshly built capital of Indonesia, to Neom, Saudi Arabia’s futurist urban paradise, advertise them as breakthroughs in urban living. But does the world need new cities? This article appeared originally in Caos Planejadoand is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Development, planning, Urban[ism] Legends, World Tagged With: New Cities

Solano County Dreamin’: Is there a market urbanist way to build a new city?

August 28, 2023 By Salim Furth

Conor Dougherty and Erin Griffith revealed the identities behind a Silicon Valley investor group, Flannery Associates, that had gradually purchased 55,000 acres of ranchland near Travis Air Force Base in Solano County, California. Scale check: that's a lot of land. San Francisco is 30,000 acres; San … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: California, New Cities, tech

California should indeed build new cities – but don’t let Nathan J. Robinson anywhere near them

March 17, 2022 By Salim Furth

Urbanist and YIMBY Twitter had a field day dunking on Nathan J. Robinson, whose essay in his publication Current Affairs (yesterday's tagline: "the one thing left that isn't disappointing") called for building new cities in California. The essay was a typical of the "anti-anti-NIMBY" genre: he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Places & Spaces, planning, Uncategorized, Urban[ism] Legends Tagged With: California, Garden City, New Cities

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