Scale: The Universal Laws of Growth, Innovation, Sustainability, and the Pace of Life, in Organisms, Cities, Economies, and Companies

by Geoffrey West

Here’s the problem: cities do indeed evolve, but they take many decades to change and we simply no longer have the time to wait. It took 150 years for Washington, 100 years for London, and more than 50 years for Brasilia, which is still very much a work in progress.