Reflection. The open delta city: Designing with different dynamics

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    Abstract

    In his lecture ‘The Open City’, Richard Sennett (2006) pleads for an approach in urban design and planning which creates conditions for an evolutionary city. In his view, the current generation of designers and planners is still too focused on the city as a closed system. As a result, many cities become frozen entities, unable to cope with social, economic and physical changes, inducing problems of economic and social stagnation and destruction. Sennett argues that we must regard the city as an open system, which can deal with change and uncertainty and which is able to adapt to unforeseen new circumstances.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationDelta Interventions
    Subtitle of host publicationDesign and Engineering in urban water Landscapes
    EditorsAnne Loes Nillesen, Baukje Kothuis, Han Meyer, Frits Palmboom
    PublisherDelft University Publishers
    Pages120-121
    ISBN (Print)978-94-6186-599-1
    Publication statusPublished - 2016

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