The Case for the Adaptive Code

By Andrew Burleson and Erik Johnson,
Fourth Environment, LLC

Understanding the Conventional Regulatory Framework of 20th Century Cities, and how we can achieve better outcomes by embracing a new paradigm in the 21st Century.

What is a city?
A city is a center of human activity. On a micro level, a city is a random collection of individuals living in self interest, relatively unconcerned with how the city functions as a whole. From a macro perspective, however, a city becomes an organism in itself, with its own personality, its own habits, its own reputation. Each city is unique. Indianapolis, Austin, and San Francisco have roughly the same number of residents, but differ dramatically due to geographical, cultural and historical factors. Every day the populations of these cities change. Some people move away, and some people move in, yet the identity of the city remains the same. Without knowing every person in Indianapolis, Austin, and San Francisco, we can still get a sense of the identity of the city. Continue Reading….