This Is What Cities Should Look Like In Ten Years

Luxe jungles, moveable homes, and building for resilience

With the climate emergency crescendoing in real and tangible ways for larger and larger parts of the population, we need to look deeper into how our cities and the communities within them can adapt. The following decade will be nothing short of an upheaval.

In the coming decades, our communities will have to withstand natural disasters; — such as wildfires, floods and droughts, and be as self-sufficient as possible.

Decentralisation and (re)distribution have to become the motto of our century if we want to build resilience. We must focus on decentralised energy, work, farming, and food production.

We need to restructure companies, give ownership and agency to workers, and place people over capital.

Systemic change is the only way, not because I preach the one and only true religion, but because there is no way we can correct the problems caused by the system within the system.

The only thing corporations did in the face of the climate emergency was rev up the greenwashing machine, so excuse me if I have zero faith in the system. Buzzword-filled corporate pledges muddying the waters won't do the trick.

Overly centralised systems — tech networks, cities, energy grids, or politics — are vulnerable and limited by nature.

So, how can cities adapt for survival? What are some already existing trends we can expect to see grow?

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