Speaking of creativity and engagement, there is actually a method originally coined by the urban planner Jaime Lerner which can be used to revitalize cities. Targeting specific issues such as mobility, socio-diversity, and sustainability can help in strategic improvement. Earlier, I compared the urban system to a natural ecosystem, with multiple parts comprising the whole and each individual part playing a vital role so that if an individual part fails, the whole collapses as well. Similarly, the city can be compared to the human body. The human body may have an illness and so we have to pinpoint a specific body function and intervene ourselves. The other option is to allow the body to fix the problem itself by giving it the tools to do so because of its innate plasticity. Cities work in the same fashion and Lerner has called this form of intervention and its domino effect "urban acupuncture."
Read more about Lerner's theory at Harvard Business Review: Revitalizing Cities
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