{"id":214017,"date":"2010-01-22T13:36:21","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T18:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-01-22-cities-get-rebuilt-more-often-than-you-think\/"},"modified":"2010-01-22T13:36:21","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T18:36:21","slug":"cities-get-rebuilt-more-often-than-you-think","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/214017","title":{"rendered":"Cities get rebuilt more often than you think"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\tby Jonathan Hiskes <\/p>\n

When I hear folks like Alex Steffen<\/a> talk about “remaking cities,” my gut reaction is that U.S. cities seem mostly permanent, like they’re already built and we’re stuck with them. (Quick reminder: The world’s cities cause 75 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions, according to several measures.) But then there’s this new slideshow at Slate<\/a>, in which Camilo Jose Vergara photographs the ruins of urban America. Some of the photos portray the same abandoned landscapes just a few years apart. It’s amazing how quickly built structures decay, and how quickly weeds and rot take root. It’s a reminder that cities—especially the struggling ones—offer constant opportunities for smarter rebuilding and redesigning.<\/p>\n

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For a more empirical perspective, Architecture 2030<\/a> offers a useful rundown:<\/p>\n

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Courtesy Architecture 2030<\/p>\n

Herein lies the hope. By the year 2035, approximately three-quarters<\/strong> (75%) of the built environment will be either new or renovated.<\/p>\n

Architecture 2030 founder Ed Mazria notes that these are pre-recession figures. Construction rates are significantly lower at the moment, though renovation rates are probably up. Even with that caveat, our built environments are less permanent than you might assume.<\/p>\n

Related Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The new wave of urban farming (and fresh food from small spaces!)<\/a><\/p>\n

This Halloween, cut flesh for the climate<\/a><\/p>\n

DOE and EPA Agree to Make a Brighter Energy Star<\/a><\/p>\n

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by Jonathan Hiskes When I hear folks like Alex Steffen talk about “remaking cities,” my gut reaction is that U.S. cities seem mostly permanent, like they’re already built and we’re stuck with them. (Quick reminder: The world’s cities cause 75 percent of all carbon dioxide emissions, according to several measures.) But then there’s this new […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":765,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-214017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/765"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}