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Shrinking City – Detroit Michigan
Posted: 13 January, 2010 • Category: News • Tags: Built form, Economy, Peak Oil • Comments(0)
It is an open secret that the downtown of Detroit, Michigan is as empty as the residential districts that surround it. As heavy fossil fuel reliant industries and products become increasingly redundant due to rising fuel costs from peak oil shrinking local economies will continue to make some cities redundant.
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