Tag: cities

  • Inherent Urban Fragility: Zoning and Software Paradigms

    Inherent Urban Fragility: Zoning and Software Paradigms

    What do zoning and software have in common? What does either contribute to city fragility? They both create outcomes based on codes. While software lends itself to rapid iteration, testing, and debugging, zoning often produces unintended consequences literally set in stone. While the parallels are far from perfect, it’s instructive to compare the two. Many…