'How to build a village' advances further principles of urban (meaning high density, not necessarily city) design: create a thriving local economy using advances in telecommunications, making it possible for residents to walk to work; place everything people need (work, shopping, schooling, cafés, recreation and a wide range of housing) within a 10-minute walk, with cars banned within the village; build to achieve a critical mass - 5,000 to 10,000 persons - and create parallel housing markets to provide permanent, non-bureaucratic affordable housing for key sectors of the community - youth, elders, teachers, public servants, artists and so on.