We hope that the dialogues generated in this conference will help to develop fresh ideas and ways of thinking that can suggest creative ways of dealing with the problems produced by the growing urbanism through the world .
But the fact that it has taken root so quickly with city governments all over the country now welcoming civic hackers and turning problems over to them suggests we might see the same kind of spreading popularity and official embrace of diy urbanism .
The style of the development is called new urbanism , also known as neotraditionalism , emulating 1950s mixed-use neighborhoods where it was easier to walk than to drive .