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The City of Tomorrow: Sensors, Networks, Hackers, and the Future of Urban Life

by Carlo Ratti, Matthew Claudel
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The City of Tomorrow: Sensors, Networks, Hackers, and the Future of Urban Life
The City of Tomorrow: Sensors, Networks, Hackers, and the Future of Urban Life

Futuristic urban tech transforms cityscapes and lives.

If you're fascinated by smart cities and the intersection of technology with urban development, "The City of Tomorrow" is a book you shouldn't miss. The authors are not only experts but also practitioners who provide real-world insights into how technological advancements could revolutionize urban living. It's a deep dive into a future where cities are intelligent, sustainable, and more responsive to our needs. You might find yourself imagining living in a city that thinks and evolves right alongside its inhabitants.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The City of Tomorrow: Sensors, Networks, Hackers, and the Future of Urban Life

by Carlo Ratti, Matthew Claudel
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ISBN: 9780300204803
Authors: Carlo Ratti, Matthew Claudel
Publisher: Yale University Press
Date of Publication: 2016-06-28
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Science, Sociology, Politics
Related Topics: Politics, Sociology, Social Issues
Goodreads rating: 3.48
(rated by 159 readers)

Description

An internationally renowned architect, urban planner, and scholar describes the major technological forces driving the future of cities. Since cities emerged ten thousand years ago, they have become one of the most impressive artifacts of humanity. But their evolution has been anything but linear—cities have gone through moments of radical change, turning points that redefine their very essence. In this book, a renowned architect and urban planner who studies the intersection of cities and technology argues that we are in such a moment. The authors explain some of the forces behind urban change and offer new visions of the many possibilities for tomorrow’s city. Pervasive digital systems that layer our cities are transforming urban life. The authors provide a front-row seat to this change. Their work at the MIT Senseable City Laboratory allows experimentation and implementation of a variety of urban initiatives and concepts, from assistive condition-monitoring bicycles to trash with embedded tracking sensors, from mobility to energy, from participation to production. They call for a new approach to envisioning cities: futurecraft, a symbiotic development of urban ideas by designers and the public. With such participation, we can collectively imagine, examine, choose, and shape the most desirable future of our cities.
 

Futuristic urban tech transforms cityscapes and lives.

If you're fascinated by smart cities and the intersection of technology with urban development, "The City of Tomorrow" is a book you shouldn't miss. The authors are not only experts but also practitioners who provide real-world insights into how technological advancements could revolutionize urban living. It's a deep dive into a future where cities are intelligent, sustainable, and more responsive to our needs. You might find yourself imagining living in a city that thinks and evolves right alongside its inhabitants.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.