Cities Need (a Lot Less) Planning

The Globe and Mail: “Cities Need (a Lot Less) Planning” quotes Senior Fellow Alain Bertaud:

Cities Need (a Lot Less) Planning” quotes Senior Fellow Alain Bertaud: “Planning, he says, is ‘based on the illusion that a city is a complex building that needs to be designed in advance by competent professionals.’ Mr. Bertaud, who gave a lecture in Vancouver in September, declares the strict zoning planners loved for so long to be ‘obsolete.’ His main argument is the proof everyone can see. Planning has led to a foolish allocation of a scarce supply of land.

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