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

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.

• | Author: Federico Cugurullo
• | Publisher: Routledge
• | Publication Date: May 17, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 228 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1138101761
• | ISBN-13: 9781138101760