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Architect believes time for futuristic cities is now
By Theresa Harrington
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
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In his new book, "The End of the Street: Sustainable Growth Within
Natural Limits," he outlines a vision for replacing blighted inner
cities with high-density developments that cluster community facilities,
commercial areas and housing around large public plazas.
These communities would run on solar, wind and thermal power instead of
fossil fuels to stop the dangerous rise of carbon dioxide in the ozone
that now threatens the world's survival, he said.
Dobereiner has devoted much of his life to creating an urban planning
model he has dubbed "matripolis." It is the opposite of the current
metropolis system that includes high-rise buildings that isolate
residents in concrete structures accessed through closed elevators, he said.
With his book, he said he is hoping to get his ideas into the
mainstream, where the public and some government leaders are starting to
clamor for solutions to global warming. Yet he knows his ideas represent
a radical departure from accepted architectural and city planning practices.
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