As much as there is a brutal logic to densification, people are already being nudged towards cities by carbon taxes, and most municipalities are interested in r

As much as there is a brutal logic to densification, people are already being nudged towards cities by carbon taxes, and most municipalities are interested in raising property prices & increasing quality of life for residents more than they are in fixing the climate, and those goals are at odds with densification. Likely people will not be able to afford densification and any legal reform to start changing this will run into entrenched political opposition. Urban areas may also fix one issue, that of AGW and the looming energy crisis, but you also run into other issues like air pollution increasing in urban areas whilst more people are concentrated inside of them. 80% of urban areas exceed UN air pollution standards. So uh, this change will spike lung cancer deaths and such. https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/05/un-health-agency-warns-of-rise-in-urban-air-pollution-with-poorest-cities-most-at-risk/ https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2016/05/un-he... Urbanisation is already a growing the trend as it is I think in no small part due to the factors you point out. https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/2018-revision-of-world-urbanization-prospects.html https://www.un.org/development/desa/en/news/population/2018-...