Ng's Transcity model seems futuristic, but it addresses several modern day movements: urbanization, global warming, and the slumping economy through various measures. By modifying the way we look at the urban metropolitan area, Ng argues that we can change the way it functions and how efficient it is. Ng's model is a futuristic and sleek look at what our metropolitan environment could evolve into. Photo 1 of 10 in A New Model for Suburbia by Skylar Bergl

A New Model for Suburbia

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Ng's Transcity model seems futuristic, but it addresses several modern day movements: urbanization, global warming, and the slumping economy through various measures. By modifying the way we look at the urban metropolitan area, Ng argues that we can change the way it functions and how efficient it is. Ng's model is a futuristic and sleek look at what our metropolitan environment could evolve into.