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50 The vertical city

This is, for example, the case for great part of
major retail outlets, of industrial activity, healthcare,
education or even food 1 and energy production.

This redistribution is a major advancement for
humanity; it technically allows each to access in his/her
small city the necessary resources to meet, amongst
other things, the needs for food, healthcare and edu-
cation with freedom of choice.

If this does not do away with violence or corrup-
tion, it makes them more evident, and their inten-
sity and importance increasingly unacceptable, which
should enhance management of the city.

In cities, this new virtual communication tool com-
pletes, but does not replace, physical, social, or effec-
tive communication nor the flow of materials and
energy.

The old model of the large polycentric city orga-
nized in smaller cities (neighborhoods) made difficult
by the emergence of vast monocentric cities, reclaims
its legitimacy.

Every community has need for a space to gather
together, whether it is the home with its living room,
the small village with its central public square, or the
small city with its market. It must also be supplied with
energy, materials and means to treat waste.

1 Local food production by small agricultural exploitations and
vegetable growers is to be encouraged as it has important social,
economic and environmental consequences. The vertical city is par-
ticularly suited for this.