[URBAN NOTE] Five links on cities: urban growth, concrete, deafness, broken windows, vistas

• CBC reports on how, around the world, the construction of new cities is imagined as a kickstarter for economic growth. Is this correct?
• Guardian Cities points to suggestions as to how science fiction suggests futures for cities not involving concrete.
• CityLab considers how cities can be built for the benefit of deaf people, looking at recent work in Washington D.C.
• CityLab notes the problems of the broken windows theory that has girded much urban policing.
• Guardian Cities looks at how cities around the world try to preserve the integrity of their iconic views.