Not really, anyway. There are never any kids begging for change on the street corners of our maps. We don t zone for anonymity, or colour code for drug abuse. AutoCAD doesn t have functions for these things. But they re a part of our cities.
Professional planners know it.
The profs here at Queen s knowit. Slowly all the students are starting to realize it. Urban planning isn t about building cities. Not anymore, at least. The cities are already built.