impact is real, and effects all members of urban communities. In regard to social and wealth divisions, Mitchell provides few points of analysis. While he claims to have departed from the humanist views of Aristotle and Jacobs, he still identifies the human need for socialization and community within an urban context. The above writings have maintained staying power in urban studies because of their basis on social patterns of human existence rather than solitary five-year predictions on where the next road, sewage pipe or fire optics cable will be planted. There are many questions that arise in the realm of cities' futures. Many of Mitchell's latest predictions will, no doubt, come true. Societies will continue to struggle with the rapidly changing economies they encounter and the social effects therein. Yet there remain many areas of planning that require more in-depth discussion. The discipline of planning should be added to many areas of research if any long term social progress is to be accomplished. In this account, Mitchell's predictions would do better if accompanied by a social planning mentality. Unless marginalized groups and individuals are brought into discussions of planning, the predictions made will only account for the futures
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Owning the future
Fulda, Joseph S.
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Association for Computing Machinery – Sep 1, 2000
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