Desert Urbanism - Design with the Desert: Conservation and Sustainable Development - page 427

Hybridity and connectivity Authenticity

Porosity Vulnerability

FIGURE 25.1
Integral urbanism qualities. (Coutesy of Barbara Ambach.)

FIGURE 25.2
Vitality in Phoenix.

corridors and patches of a region, and their critical linkages in the underlying matrix of
a system, such as an urban environment. 2
Political and economic trends supporting the practice of integral urbanism include
widespread opposition to urban sprawl, interest in conserving the environment and pre-
serving historic urban fabrics, the rise of regional governments, the renaissance of central