Urbani izziv Volume 13, No. 1, June 2002
: 76–81
(Reflections)
doi: 10.5379/urbani-izziv-en-2002-13-01-010
Author
Barbara Goličnik
Urban Planning Institute of the Republic of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia
barbara.golicnik@uirs.si
Catherine Ward-Thompson
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain
c.ward-thompson@eca.ac.uk
Title
Settlements of the future
Abstract
Current ongoing societal processes allow me to say that all humanity must foresee the great opportunity to change direction from market driven development to human scale sustainable development as the only way to achieve whole scale growth. In the achievement of this transition the most important observation is that it could be achieved without miraculous technologies or drastic transformations of human societies. The main requirement is the translation of basic knowledge to the people, especially in less developed countries and to the younger generations. Without sincere political will our common future cannot be reached. In my essay I tried to demonstrate what may happen in the future, if the no-dialogue community develops. Sustainable development is the only correct route if we want to get where we are going – the future well being of all human kind.
Key Words
utopian city, sustainable development, network knowledge, co-management, oceans
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