Frankenstein Urbanism: Eco, Smart and Autonomous Cities, Artificial Intelligence and the End of the City (Routledge Studies in Urbanism and the City)

by Federico Cugurullo (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2019

  $143.42

  Overpopulation, resource scarcity and climate change are just a few of the many issues casting a shadow on the future. Now that the world is entering an `urban age', if the eco-city is, or is about to become a paradigm of city-making, it is time to evaluate this model.

  To date, there are very few empirical studies exploring how ideas of the eco-city are cultivated and implemented, particularly with regards to projects for new master-planned eco-cities. This book draws upon contributions from urban history, geography and environmental philosophy to contextualize the emergence of eco-city projects. Through a wide range of international case studies, the book sheds light on the ideas and practices that underpin their implementation. This book reveals what urban equations eco-city developers are formulating and theoretically pushes the boundaries of knowledge in sustainable urban development by proposing alternative formulas of eco-city-making.