Today I read an article about urbanisation, the problems it causes and the potential solutions. Nowadays we can consider ourselves an urban species, because more of us are living in cities than in the countryside. But cities offer only a limited number of places to live in. The unlimited demand for living spaces leads to sky-high rent prices, which results in slum housing. The famous French architect Le Corbusier once had the idea to knock down the old city of Paris in order to make space for new high-rise buildings. Luckily he was not able to enact his plan. But what, if anything, can be done about urbanisation? More about this topic will come with my next post.