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Future Cities

Author : Paul Dobraszczyk
Publisher : Reaktion Books
ISBN 13 : 1789141044
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Future Cities written by Paul Dobraszczyk and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2019-02-11 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though reaching ever further toward the skies, today’s cities are overshadowed by multiple threats: climate change, overpopulation, social division, and urban warfare all endanger our metropolitan way of life. The fundamental tool we use to make sense of these uncertain city futures is the imagination. Architects, artists, filmmakers, and fiction writers have long been inspired to imagine cities of the future, but their speculative visions tend to be seen very differently from scientific predictions: flights of fancy on the one hand versus practical reasoning on the other. In a digital age when the real and the fantastic coexist as near equals, it is especially important to know how these two forces are entangled, and how together they may help us best conceive of cities yet to come. Exploring a breathtaking range of imagined cities—submerged, floating, flying, vertical, underground, ruined, and salvaged—Future Cities teases out the links between speculation and reality, arguing that there is no clear separation between the two. In the Netherlands, prototype floating cities are already being built; Dubai’s recent skyscrapers resemble those of science-fiction cities of the past; while makeshift settlements built by the urban poor in the developing world are already like the dystopian cities of cyberpunk. Bringing together architecture, fiction, film, and visual art, Paul Dobraszczyk reconnects the imaginary city with the real, proposing a future for humanity that is firmly grounded in the present and in the diverse creative practices already at our fingertips.

Inventing Future Cities

Author : Michael Batty
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262349906
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (623 download)

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Download or read book Inventing Future Cities written by Michael Batty and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How we can invent—but not predict—the future of cities. We cannot predict future cities, but we can invent them. Cities are largely unpredictable because they are complex systems that are more like organisms than machines. Neither the laws of economics nor the laws of mechanics apply; cities are the product of countless individual and collective decisions that do not conform to any grand plan. They are the product of our inventions; they evolve. In Inventing Future Cities, Michael Batty explores what we need to understand about cities in order to invent their future. Batty outlines certain themes—principles—that apply to all cities. He investigates not the invention of artifacts but inventive processes. Today form is becoming ever more divorced from function; information networks now shape the traditional functions of cities as places of exchange and innovation. By the end of this century, most of the world's population will live in cities, large or small, sometimes contiguous, and always connected; in an urbanized world, it will be increasingly difficult to define a city by its physical boundaries. Batty discusses the coming great transition from a world with few cities to a world of all cities; argues that future cities will be defined as clusters in a hierarchy; describes the future “high-frequency,” real-time streaming city; considers urban sprawl and urban renewal; and maps the waves of technological change, which grow ever more intense and lead to continuous innovation—an unending process of creative destruction out of which future cities will emerge.

Future Cities

Author : Nick Dunn
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350011665
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Future Cities written by Nick Dunn and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2020-12-10 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What might our cities look like in ten, twenty or fifty years? How may future cities face global challenges? Imagining the city of the future has long been an inspiration for many architects, artists and designers. This book examines how cities of the future have been visualised, what these projects sought to communicate and what the implications may be for us now. It provides a visual history of the future and explores the relationships between different visualisation techniques and ideologies for cities. Thinking about what futures are, who they are for, why they are desirable, and how and when they are to be brought into being is central to this book. Through visualisation we are able to experiment in ways that would be impractical and potentially hazardous in the real world, and this book, therefore, aims to contribute toward a better understanding of the power and agency of visualisations for future cities. In this lavishly illustrated text, the authors apply several critical lenses to consider the subject in different ways: technological futures, social futures, and global futures, providing a comprehensive survey and analysis of visions for future cities, and engaging creatively with how we perceive tomorrow's world and future studies more widely.

A History of Future Cities

Author : Daniel Brook
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 0393078124
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book A History of Future Cities written by Daniel Brook and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-02-12 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering exploration of four cities where East meets West and past becomes future: St. Petersburg, Shanghai, Mumbai, and Dubai.

Closer Together

Author : Alexander Ståhle
Publisher : SCB Distributors
ISBN 13 : 9188369080
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (883 download)

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Download or read book Closer Together written by Alexander Ståhle and published by SCB Distributors. This book was released on 2017-03-08 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cities are growing faster than ever before, but why? Because they foster proximity. Nearness to work, friends and culture has always been a driving force in urban development, from the first cities in which people walked everywhere to today’s car-powered cities with their scattered suburbs, highways and narrow pavements. Many scholars, politicians and civic groups are beginning to question the way cities are adapted to car traffic as it causes distance rather than proximity. As a result, a radical urban transformation has begun. What will the cities of the future look like? How will we live our lives and how will new technologies – self-driving cars for example – and new city planning ideals affect urban development? What would happen in the event of a major fuel shortage or climate change? Closer Together presents a unique future study and trend analysis developed by 400 experts and scholars. Three potential scenarios selected by 5,000 people through their vote in the media are presented via text and images. The result of their vote is as clear as the emerging trend: cities will have to change. They will need to be more condensed and user-friendly for pedestrians and people who travel by bike. Alexander Ståhle’s book Closer Together explains the political and economic forces and the subcultures that drive change in terms of urban environment and transport, as well as the way cities need to transform in order to bring people closer together and, not least, the way it will bring about greater equality and prosperity.

Future Cities

Author : Kenneth Gatland
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780860202387
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Future Cities written by Kenneth Gatland and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This heavily illustrated book shows what "homes and living might be in the 21st century."

Smart Cities, Smart Future

Author : Mike Barlow
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119516218
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book Smart Cities, Smart Future written by Mike Barlow and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you curious about smart cities? You should be! By mid-century, two-thirds of us will live in cities. The world of tomorrow will be a world of cities. But will they be smart cities? Smart cities are complex blends of technologies, systems and services designed and orchestrated to help people lead productive, fulfilling, safe and happy lives. This remarkable book is a window into our shared future. In crisp language and sharp detail, Mike Barlow and Cornelia Lévy-Bencheton explain how smart cities are powerful forces for positive change. With keen eyes and warm hearts, they invite readers to imagine the world of tomorrow, a fascinating world of connected cities and communities. They capture and convey the depth and richness of the worldwide smart city movement. Smart Cities, Smart Future describes the impact of smart city projects on people in towns, cities and nations around the world. The book includes descriptions of ongoing smart city projects in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Looking Ahead to an Urban World No two smart cities are alike. No one can say with certainty or precision what the term “smart city” means. There is no standard definition or common template. Today, smart cities are works in progress. They emerge from our hopes and our dreams. This book provides you with the knowledge and insight you need to participate in the smart city movement. It explains how smart cities are “systems of systems” and introduces key concepts such as interoperability, open standards, resiliency, agility, adaptability and continuous improvement. Includes Detailed Glossary of Terms and Essential Vocabulary The book includes a detailed comprehensive glossary of essential smart city terms. The glossary will become your indispensable resource as you engage more deeply with the smart city movement and become more involved in planning our common future in an urban world. Carefully Researched and Crisply Written Smart Cities, Smart Future is carefully researched and fully documented. It includes interviews with leaders and experts in multiple disciplines essential to the development of smart cities, towns, regions, states and nations. Written in the clean style of modern journalism, the book offers a strong and compelling narrative of a changing world. It reminds us that we are responsible for choosing our destiny and determining the shape of things to come. The smart city movement is gaining speed and momentum. Read this book, and enjoy the ride!

Cities of the Future

Author : Vladimir Novotny
Publisher : IWA Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1843391368
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (433 download)

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Download or read book Cities of the Future written by Vladimir Novotny and published by IWA Publishing. This book was released on 2007-09-04 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is developed from and includes the presentations of leading international experts and scholars in the 12-14 July, 2006 Wingspread Workshop. With urban waters as a focal point, this book will explore the links between urban water quality and hydrology, and the broader concepts of green cities and smart growth. It also addresses legal and social barriers to urban ecological sustainability and proposes practical ways to overcome those barriers. Cities of the Future features chapters containing visionary concepts on how to ensure that cities and their water resources become ecologically sustainable and are able to provide clean water for all beneficial uses. The book links North American and Worldwide experience and approaches. The book is primarily a professional reference aimed at a wide interdisciplinary audience, including universities, consultants, environmental advocacy groups and legal environmental professionals.

Designing Future Cities for Wellbeing

Author : Christopher T. Boyko
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429894465
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (298 download)

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Download or read book Designing Future Cities for Wellbeing written by Christopher T. Boyko and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-17 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designing Future Cities for Wellbeing draws on original research that brings together dimensions of cities we know have a bearing on our health and wellbeing – including transportation, housing, energy, and foodways – and illustrates the role of design in delivering cities in the future that can enhance our health and wellbeing. It aims to demonstrate that cities are a complex interplay of these various dimensions that both shape and are shaped by existing and emerging city structures, governance, design, and planning. Explaining how to consider these interconnecting dimensions in the way in which professionals and citizens think about and design the city for future generations’ health and wellbeing, therefore, is key. The chapters draw on UK case and research examples and make comparison to international cities and examples. This book will be of great interest to researchers and students in planning, public policy, public health, and design.

The Smart Enough City

Author : Ben Green
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262039672
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book The Smart Enough City written by Ben Green and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2019-04-07 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be “smart enough,” using technology to promote democracy and equity. Smart cities, where technology is used to solve every problem, are hailed as futuristic urban utopias. We are promised that apps, algorithms, and artificial intelligence will relieve congestion, restore democracy, prevent crime, and improve public services. In The Smart Enough City, Ben Green warns against seeing the city only through the lens of technology; taking an exclusively technical view of urban life will lead to cities that appear smart but under the surface are rife with injustice and inequality. He proposes instead that cities strive to be “smart enough”: to embrace technology as a powerful tool when used in conjunction with other forms of social change—but not to value technology as an end in itself. In a technology-centric smart city, self-driving cars have the run of downtown and force out pedestrians, civic engagement is limited to requesting services through an app, police use algorithms to justify and perpetuate racist practices, and governments and private companies surveil public space to control behavior. Green describes smart city efforts gone wrong but also smart enough alternatives, attainable with the help of technology but not reducible to technology: a livable city, a democratic city, a just city, a responsible city, and an innovative city. By recognizing the complexity of urban life rather than merely seeing the city as something to optimize, these Smart Enough Cities successfully incorporate technology into a holistic vision of justice and equity.

'City of the Future'

Author : Mateusz Laszczkowski
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 1785332570
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book 'City of the Future' written by Mateusz Laszczkowski and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2016-08-01 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Astana, the capital city of the post-Soviet Kazakhstan, has often been admired for the design and planning of its futuristic cityscape. This anthropological study of the development of the city focuses on every-day practices, official ideologies and representations alongside the memories and dreams of the city’s longstanding residents and recent migrants. Critically examining a range of approaches to place and space in anthropology, geography and other disciplines, the book argues for an understanding of space as inextricably material-and-imaginary, and unceasingly dynamic – allowing for a plurality of incompatible pasts and futures materialized in spatial form.

Future Cities

Author : Stefano L. Tresca
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780993109584
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Future Cities written by Stefano L. Tresca and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-29 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tech and investment trends in smart cities, drones, 3D printing, artificial intelligence, driverless cars, Internet of Things and other innovations that used to be sci-fi just a few years ago. Your Neighborhood Will Never Be the Same By 2030 nearly 70% of the world's population will be residents of a city. That means 3 billion more people will be living in cities in the next 30 years. Our generation is destined to witness an incredible number of new cities and new buildings built to host our new neighbors. Once these cities are built, they won't be built again. And they won't be changed easily either. I've traveled to 23 countries in person and even more than that digitally through my email and Skype. I don't have all the answers - nobody does - but I've collected many tools along the road. These tools may help me and you to understand trends of what's happening, and give us a competitive advantage in this ever-changing world. Enjoy the interviews. I'll be here waiting for your feedback. If you don't agree, I welcome any challenge. This isn't a one-way conversation, after all. This is a global game. - STEFANO L. TRESCA Table of Contents - Welcome - Would You Like to Share Your Story? - How To Get 12 Free Chapters - The Secret Life of an Uber Driver - Guo Bai - Simon Menashy (MMC Ventures) - The Future Is a Megacity - Minerva Tantoco (New York City CTO) - Milos Milisavljevic (Strawberry Energy) - One Drone in Every Home - Thomas Davies (Seedrs) - Adeo Ressi (Founder Institute) - 3D Printing. Bones, Clothes and the Third Industrial Revolution - Hon. Jerry MacArthur Hultin - Kyrill Zlobenko (Ecozy) - Sex and Robots: Do Humans Dream of Electric Mates? - Rohit Talwar (Fast Future Research) - Tom Samodol (PayProp) - What Is a Smart City? - Jimmy Garcia-Meza - Simone Tarantino (Inspect Manager) - When the Police Invented the Radio (A Short History of the Mobile Network) - Eric van der Kleij (Level39 / Cognicity) - Domenico Colucci (Nextome) - Robots and Jobs - Nicolas Steiner - Patrick Morselli (WeWork) - Where Can I Buy My Knight Rider? Insights on Driverless Cars - Goncalo Agra Amorin (BGI / MIT Portugal) - James Swanston (Voyage Control) - How Millennials Are Going to Reshape the Cities - Nic Shulman (Block Dox) - Michel Willems (BimBimBikes) - Present and Future of the Internet of Things - Laurence Kemball-Cook (Pavegen) - Fabien Girerd (Jooxter) - A Tale of Two Cities: From the Car Economy to the Internet of Everything - Calum Chace - Jarkko Hamalainen (Intelle Innovations) - A New Kind of Money Is Reshaping the Cities - Bill Clee & Peter Jaco (Asset Mapping) - Joao Marques Fernandes (CityKeys) - Crowdfunding in Future Cities - Crowdfunding in Future Cities Part 2 (Kickstarter Analysis) - Alex Siljanovski (Basestone) - Freddie Talberg (Pie Mapping) - Star Trek Was Wrong (and It's Not a Matter of Technology) - Hamish Watson (Polysolar) - Miguel Rodrigues (Cities2020 Brazil) - Songdo, the Story of an Artificial Creature - Paul Sheedy (Reward Technology) - Justin Lyon (Simudyne) - Future Cities Events and Conferences - Alberto Brogi (VisLab) - Karim Fahssis (ZephyTools) - Top Twitter Accounts in Future Cities - Future Cities Accelerators and Institutions - Pietro Martani (Copernico) - Sandra Sassow (SEaB) - Horseshoe Nails

Foundries of the Future

Author : Ben Croxford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789463662475
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (624 download)

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Download or read book Foundries of the Future written by Ben Croxford and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1970s, cities world-wide have been witness to radical de-industrialisation. Manufacturing was considered incompatible with urban life and was actively pushed out. As economies have grown, public officials and developers have instinctively shifted their priorities to short-term, high-yielding land uses such as offices, retail space and housing. Inner-city growth from New York to London and even Seoul have generally come at the expense of land uses such as manufacturing or logistics. Despite the odds, manufacturing is not in terminal decay in western cities. On the contrary, it is at the opening of a new chapter. Urban manufacturing can help cities to be more innovative, circular, inclusive and resilient. Recently, with increasing interest in the circular economy, with cleaner and more compact technology, with more progressive building codes for mixed use, with increasing awareness of the impacts of social inequality and with a clearer understanding of the value chains between the trade of material and immaterial goods, cities across the world are realising that manufacturing has an important place in the 21st century urban economy. While both enthusiasm for making is increasing and the value of manufacturing is becoming increasingly evident in cities, the topic remains extremely complex and challenging to manage. This book attempts to shed light on the ways manufacturing can address urban challenges, it exposes constraints for the manufacturing sector and provides fifty patterns for working with urban manufacturing. This book has been written as a manual to help politicians, public authorities, planners, designers and community organisations to be able to plan, discuss and collaborate by developing more productive urban manufacturing. The book is split into two parts. "

The Future of Cities

Author : Andrew Blowers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135683883
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Cities written by Andrew Blowers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of readings draws on material from a wide range of sources - from the past and present and from literature and technology - and is concentrated on the areas which seem most relevant to the planning of the future city - what is happening to the city and what we can do about it. The readings have been selected and organised to present the planning of the future city. This book was first published in 1974.

Urban Water Management for Future Cities

Author : Stephan Köster
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3030014886
Total Pages : 495 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Urban Water Management for Future Cities written by Stephan Köster and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-21 with total page 495 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features expert contributions on key sustainability aspects of urban water management in Chinese agglomerations. Both technical and institutional pathways to sustainable urban water management are developed on the basis of a broad, interdisciplinary problem analysis.

Cities Farming for the Future

Author : International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 1552502163
Total Pages : 474 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Cities Farming for the Future written by International Development Research Centre (Canada) and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Urban Informatics and Future Cities

Author : S. C. M. Geertman
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030760596
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

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Book Synopsis Urban Informatics and Future Cities by : S. C. M. Geertman

Download or read book Urban Informatics and Future Cities written by S. C. M. Geertman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book forms a selection of chapters submitted for the CUPUM (Computational Urban Planning and Urban Management) conference, held in the second week of June 2021 at Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. Chapters were selected from a double-blind review process by the conference's scientific committee. The chapters in the book cover developments and applications with big data and urban analytics, collaborative urban planning, applications of geodesign and innovations, and planning support science.