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Indeed, the American Southwest is particularly vulnerable to invasive species, including highly adaptive species that can affect human health, largely thanks to the rapid spread of urbanism — which can bring water to desert environments while also creating artificial heat islands in colder climates, and allowing tropical species to expand their ranges.

It’s reminiscent of the new urbanism of the Disney-created Celebration or Seaside, Fla., where “The Truman Show” was filmed, or, indeed, a Hollywood backlot, with its old-fashioned “town square” recognizable from myriad movies and TV shows.

These developments in urbanism and architecture were paralleled in art and literature.

Bogotá’s previous mayor, Claudia López, pioneered the feminist urbanism of “care blocks,” public developments that offer services to women, including laundry and child care.

This early viral video of urbanism directly motivated activists and city leaders in Portland, Chicago, San Francisco, Miami, and New York City to start their own open streets programs.