tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post2180089814940538716..comments2024-03-29T10:51:27.752+13:00Comments on Not PC: Earthquakes & Density: Will We Ever Learn?Peter Cresswellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10699845031503699181noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11906042.post-18507575237969413712013-07-23T12:54:52.619+12:002013-07-23T12:54:52.619+12:00Frank Lloyd Wright wrote an essay in 1922, entitle...Frank Lloyd Wright wrote an essay in 1922, entitled "Experimenting with Human Lives", regarding the building of anything other than low density development in earthquake prone regions. Of course his whole career was dedicated to the architecture and urban design and landscaping of low density urban form. <br /><br />He would seem to have been influential in California and interestingly, Japan, on this point. The Japanese have consistently done their best in spite of their very high population for their land space, to keep their urban form as un-concentrated as possible. Wendell Cox wrote somewhere recently that Japan has a lot of its urban areas that achieves lower density than the UK's equivalents, in spite of having a lot more people.PhilBesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07093574627607116146noreply@blogger.com