The Towering Inferno
The United Nations has announced that by the end of the century the global population will exceed ten billion. This is a significant increase on the current seven billion humans on the planet. A link to the UN report can be found here: http://pulse.me/s/fZOh
With so many more people living on Earth food production is going to become an increasing issue. We are beginning to see designs for skyscrapers that aren't sealed boxes but that provide natural ventilation and external space at high level but do these towers have a role to play in food production? Will towers have to incorporate the suburban allotment or will vertical farms be integrated as isolated buildings within the megacity? The answer to these questions will surely initially come from cities built in the desert where importing food will significantly impact on carbon footprints.
A crowd of humans
A crowd of humans
