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Designing the Urban Future
- Author
- Scientific American
- Narrator
- Coleen Marlo
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 19 January 2021
- Run Time
- 5 hours 54 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
After smartphones, smart TVs, smart windows, and other smart products on the horizon, smart cities were the next logical step in trying to create a better, brighter, more sustainable, and economically sound future. A relatively new term, “smart cities” conjures images of a cooperative, wired, prosperous utopia where citizens of all classes achieve a high quality of life. In this audiobook, we look at the qualities needed for future cities to survive and thrive.
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Details
- Author
- Scientific American
- Narrator
- Coleen Marlo
- Duration
- 5 hours 54 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 January 2021
- ISBN
- 9781094080796
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- Environmentally-friendly (‘green’) architecture and design
Synopsis
After smartphones, smart TVs, smart windows, and other smart products on the horizon, smart cities were the next logical step in trying to create a better, brighter, more sustainable, and economically sound future. A relatively new term, “smart cities” conjures images of a cooperative, wired, prosperous utopia where citizens of all classes achieve a high quality of life. In this audiobook, we look at the qualities needed for future cities to survive and thrive.
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