Book review: Cities seen as nature zones

In 'The City of Today is a Dying Thing' author Des Fitzgerald claims we have misdiagnosed nature as the remedy for all the ailments we associate with city living
Book review: Cities seen as nature zones

Des Fitzgerald despises the Paris streetscape (for its “mix of imperial pomp and saccharine cutesiness”), but he loves Sheffield city centre (above).

Sat, 10 Feb, 2024 - 01:00
Brendan Daly

  • The City of Today is a Dying Thing: In Search of the Cities of Tomorrow 
  • Des Fitzgerald 
  • Faber & Faber, €19.99 

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