Stewart Brand: Why squatter cities are a good thing

Prevodilac: Maja Jovanovic Lektor: Jelena Nedjic

Basically, there's a major demographic event going on.

U toku je veliki demografski događaj.

And it may be that passing the 50 percent urban point

Kada gradsko stanovništvo prevaziđe 50%, može se desiti

is an economic tipping point. So the world now is a map of connectivity.

ekonomski preokret. Svet je sada mapa umreženosti.

It used to be that Paris and London and New York were the largest cities.

Nekada su najveći gradovi bili Pariz, London i Njujork.

What we have now is the end of the rise of the West. That's over.

Danas svedočimo kraju uspona Zapada. Gotovo je.

The aggregate numbers are overwhelming.

Ukupne brojke su zapanjujuće.

So what's really going on? Well, villages of the world are emptying out.

Šta se zapravo dešava? Sela širom sveta ostaju pusta.

The question is, why?

Pitanje je zašto?

And here's the unromantic truth -- and the city air makes you free,

Evo neromantične istine -- gradski vazduh vas čini slobodnim,

they said in Renaissance Germany. So some people go to places

rekli su u renesansnoj Nemačkoj. Tako se neki ljudi sele u mesta

like Shanghai but most go to the squatter cities where aesthetics rule.

poput Šangaja, i većina odlazi u kartonska naselja gde caruje estetika.

And these are not really a people oppressed by poverty.

Ovo nisu ljudi ugnjetani siromaštvom.

They're people getting out of poverty as fast as they can.

To su ljudi koji beže iz siromaštva što brže mogu.

They're the dominant builders and to a large extent, the dominant designers.

Oni su glavni graditelji, i u velikoj meri, glavni dizajneri.

They have home-brewed infrastructure and vibrant urban life.

Imaju "uradi sam" infrastrukturu i aktivan urbani život.

One-sixth of the GDP in India is coming out of Mumbai.

Šestina BDP-a Indije potiče iz Mumbaja.

They are constantly upgrading, and in a few cases, the government helps.

Oni stalno nadograđuju, a u retkim slučajevima, i država pomogne.

Education is the main event that can happen in cities.

Obrazovanje je glavni događaj koji se dešava u gradovima.

What's going on in the street in Mumbai?

Šta se dešava na ulicama Mumbaja?

Al Gore knows. It's basically everything.

Al Gor zna. U suštini - sve.

There's no unemployment in squatter cities. Everyone works.

U kartonskim naseljima nezaposlenost ne postoji. Svi rade.

One-sixth of humanity is there. It's soon going to be more than that.

Šestina čovečanstva živi tamo. Uskoro će biti i više.

So here's the first punch line:

Evo prvog rezultata:

cities have defused the population bomb.

gradovi su smirili populacioni procvat.

And here's the second punch line.

A ovo je drugi rezultat.

That's the news from downtown. Here it is in perspective.

To su vesti iz centra. Evo ga u perspektivi.

Stars have shined down on earth's life for billions of years.

Zvezde sijaju nad nama milijardama godina.

Now we're shining right back up.

Sada i mi isto tako sijamo.

Thank you.

Hvala.