Fifty cities in the US have been earmarked for radical reconstruction as part of a plan to revitalise America’s rust belt. The plan involves the bulldozing of sprawling suburbs in economically depressed cities to revitalise community, reduce transport and infrastructure requirements and ensure food security. The plan was developed for Flint, sixty miles north of Detroit, which is one of the poorest cities in the US. It is expected that the target cities will be redesigned as a cluster of small cities surrounded by countryside.
