Woven Air - the beauty and the horrors of urban settlement This is a photographic exploration of the pattern of cities or ‘urban’ form mainly from the air. From the early rural start through to future visions cities have been built for access to resources and security, among others. ‘Cities’ also grew based on the means of transport earlier on foot or cart, the present almost exclusively the car and future visions on futuristic transport systems, but also now more with a nod to the climate crisis. Modern cities, including ‘smart’ cities have seldom been designed with people predominantly in mind. Thriveable cities will be climate sensitive, carbon (gross) neutral – but with all this in mind cities will be people/nature centric. Designed for people, not mainly transport systems, nor mainly technological systems, etc. No descriptions or locations of these cities are included – so look at the form, patterns, climate response, and geographic resources. Together with transport or mobility methods, and from these draw your own conclusions of where we should be thinking. Look at the 24 earlier Urban Books for ideas of what could/should be considered and possible new ideas.