Why Place Matters by Wilfred M. McClay

Author:Wilfred M. McClay [M. McClay, Wilfred; V. McAllister, Ted]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781594037184
Publisher: Encounter Books

A Plea for Beauty:

A Manifesto for a New Urbanism

ROGER SCRUTON

Our culture is a culture of cities, and without cities we could not conceivably have enjoyed the enormous scientific, economic, and political advances of the Enlightenment. Cities are also the heart of the modern nation state, and every country that modernizes does so by mass migration from country to city. We must therefore reflect on the factors that might prevent or reverse the decay of our cities. To what extent should we rely on urban planning? Although some successful examples of planned cities exist, such planning has often failed to produce city centers where people want to live or spend leisure time. To plan or not to plan is a false choice. Instead, argues the British philosopher Roger Scruton, civic leaders should think in terms of fostering beauty through the use of aesthetic constraints. These constraints may help reduce sprawl and make American city centers attractive homes—in the vein of great European cities such as Paris and Florence—rather than deserted eyesores.

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