In the University town of Trondheim, which is also Norway’s third largest city, has more cycling traffic than all the other Norwegian cities. A majority of students and residents use bicycles as their main mode of transportion, despite topography that would deter even the most prolific bike enthusiasts. This is all due to the city's effort to create a vast system of bicycle infrastructure.
Nature is inherently a perfect system. When design pushes against the current a disconnect is created between man and nature. Modern man has used Architecture and Landscape Architecture to display it's dominance over the natural world. Perhaps it stems from America's Puritan beginnings, fortunately we're living in an exciting era where designers are creating symbiotically with the environment. An example of this is Arborsculpture.