Abstract
There are two trends in the way contemporary cities deal with technology. The first is a conceited mobilising of resistance to modernisation in the hope of arresting the consequences of technologisation such as rampant development, suburban sprawl, congestion, dominance of vehicular infrastructure and compromised amenities. Amsterdam. Copenhagen, outer Paris, London, Buenos Aires, and a host of American cities including Houston fall into this category. The second trend is a headlong plunge into technology in which cities like Beijing, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur, and Bangkok multiply new urban accommodation with immense demographic and infrastructural acceleration. The use of technology is brazen, and the speed of construction elides any architectural pretensions. Densities achieved in these cities are far higher than in their Continental European counterparts, pointing to the obsolescence of Western town planning and urban design.
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