In everyday life, people usually say “I need a plan” if something has gone wrong. Plans should play a similar role in cities.
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Planning must become a job that planners can actually do in a 40-hour work week. This will require a different approach to planning, altogether.
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Conventional planning is based on what professionals think people want or need. Now imagine a city that improves according to the actual needs and desires of its residents. The first is a gamble, the second is an adaptation.
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The lesson of coronavirus is not that it’s bad to have strong human connections in cities. The lesson is that we need to be able to shut them down quickly when we need to.
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Easy money and uncontentious budget meetings sound nice in theory. But private and public sectors beware: lack of stressors can make decision-makers undisciplined and obscure huge bills that are sure to come due.
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