335Constant change is what marks the history of the European city.
Over centuries, architecture's reactions to social disruptions--natural disaster, plague, or war--have fashioned the city into an engine of civilization.
And bound up with this has been the promise of economic independence, social cohesion, and individual freedom.
Now fundamental challenges, such as climate change, are bringing cities face to face with new transformations that call into question the continuity and sustainability .
Architangle Urbainable/stadthaltig: positions on the european city for the 21st century, hardcover/tim rieniets
