E-Topia: Urban Life, Jim -- But Not as We Know It by William J. Mitchell (Engl

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In this examination of the implications for the global digital network, Mitchell argues that society must extend the definitions of architectural and urban design to encompass virtual places as well as physical ones, and proposes strategies for the creation of cities that take advantage of the electronically interconnected world.

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The global digital network is not just a delivery system for email, Web pages, and digital television. It is a whole new urban infrastructure—one that will change the forms of our cities as dramatically as railroads, highways, electric power supply, and telephone networks did in the past. In this lucid, invigorating book, William J. Mitchell examines this new infrastructure and its implications for our future daily lives.Picking up where his best-selling City of Bits left off, Mitchell argues that we must extend the definitions of architecture and urban design to encompass virtual places as well as physical ones, and interconnection by means of telecommunication links as well as by pedestrian circulation and mechanized transportation systems. He proposes strategies for the creation of cities that not only will be sustainable but will make economic, social, and cultural sense in an electronically interconnected and global world. The new settlement patterns of the twenty-first century will be characterized by live/work dwellings, 24-hour pedestrian-scale neighborhoods rich in social relationships, and vigorous local community life, complemented by far-flung configurations of electronic meeting places and decentralized production, marketing, and distribution systems. Neither digiphile nor digiphobe, Mitchell advocates the creation of e-topias—cities that work smarter, not harder.

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"... e-topia is a good primer for anyone interested in how we are going to inhabit the digital era." Lawrence Chua, Bookforum " E-topia offers a brilliant and succinct lesson on how the evolution of information and other technologies has altered the way we build workplaces and communities, manage relationships, and supply our material wants and needs. It unobtrusivelylays digital technology into historical and material context, renderingit this way as something not to fear." Randall Lyman , San Francisco Bay Guardian "Mitchell has done it again! This dazzling survey of the cyberfuture andits impact on urban life shows that he is still the world's foremostauthority on the subject." Sir Peter Hall , Bartlett Professor of Planning, University College London "Few people understand the challenges and opportunities of emerging networksociety better than William J. Mitchell. A visionary with a program,Mitchell not only points us toward a new future but also shows us how toget there. Anyone interested in the shape of life in the 21st centuryshould read this book." Mark C. Taylor , Director of the Center for Technology in the Arts and Humanities, Williams College " E-topia offers a brilliant and succinct lesson on how the evolution of information and other technologies has altered the way we build workplaces and communities, manage relationships, and supply our material wants and needs. It unobtrusivelylays digital technology into historical and material context, renderingit this way as something not to fear." Randall Lyman , San Francisco Bay Guardian

Author Biography

William J. Mitchell was the Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr., Professor of Architecture and Media Arts and Sciences and directed the Smart Cities research group at MIT's Media Lab.

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...e-topia is a good primer for anyone interested in how we are going to inhabit the digital era. -- Lawrence Chua * Bookforum * E-topia offers a brilliant and succinct lesson on how the evolution of information and other technologies has altered the way we build workplaces and communities, manage relationships, and supply our material wants and needs. It unobtrusively lays digital technology into historical and material context, rendering it this way as something not to fear. -- Randall Lyman * San Francisco Bay Guardian *

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The author's other works include "The City of Bits", "The Reconfigured Eye", and "The Logic of Architecture."

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". . . e-topiais a good primer for anyone interested in how we are going to inhabit the digital era." -Lawrence Chua, Bookforum

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E-topia offers a brilliant and succinct lesson on how the evolution of information and other technologies has altered the way we build workplaces and communities, manage relationships, and supply our material wants and needs. It unobtrusively lays digital technology into historical and material context, rendering it this way as something not to fear.

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". . . e-topiais a good primer for anyone interested in how we are going to inhabit the digital era." -- Lawrence Chua, Bookforum

Details ISBN0262632055 Author William J. Mitchell Language English ISBN-10 0262632055 ISBN-13 9780262632058 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 303.483 Year 2000 Publication Date 2000-08-31 Imprint MIT Press Place of Publication Cambridge, Mass. Country of Publication United States Birth 1944 Residence US Pages 192 Illustrations black & white illustrations Short Title E-TOPIA REV/E Publisher Mit Press Edition Description Revised Audience Age 18 Series e-topia Subtitle "Urban Life, Jim -- But Not As We Know It" DOI 10.1604/9780262632058 AU Release Date 2000-08-25 NZ Release Date 2000-08-25 US Release Date 2000-08-25 UK Release Date 2000-08-25 We've got this

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