“Our civic spaces are intensely personal, shaping the terrain of our lives and our memories. They influence how we think, feel, act and express our identity. ‘We make every effort to adapt to our environment, but when it is disorderly, chaotic or saturated with noise and ugliness, such overstimulation makes it difficult to find ourselves integrated and happy,’ he writes. On the other hand, if our built environments are well designed — equitable, serviceable, historic, coherent and integrated with the natural world — they make it possible to ‘recover something of our true selves.'”

Read more of what the Pope thinks about urban planning at Next City: Pope to Urban Planners: Build Better Cities.

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