This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks.
Become A MemberNext City’s Disruption Index delivers short profiles about the people, places and ideas that changed cities in 2012. The Index content is free to read on our Daily blog but Forefront subscribers can access a beautifully designed PDF of the full Index, along with a matrix with all the elements plotted on it. To experience the Index as a printed product, please support Next City with an end-of-year $75 donation and we’ll mail a copy to you or the recipient of your choosing.
Subscribers, please download the PDF below.
Download the Next City 2012 Disruption Index (67 MB PDF)
Our features are made possible with generous support from The Ford Foundation.
Nate Berg is a writer and journalist covering cities, architecture and urban planning. Nate’s work has been published in a wide variety of publications, including the New York Times, NPR, Wired, Metropolis, Fast Company, Dwell, Architect, the Christian Science Monitor, LA Weekly and many others. He is a former staff writer at The Atlantic Cities and was previously an assistant editor at Planetizen.
Just Action by Leah Rothstein and Richard Rothstein
2022-2023 Solutions of the Year magazine
Brave New Home by Diana Lind