Augmented Urban Spaces: Articulating the Physical and Electronic City (Design and the Built Environment) - Hardcover

Cindio, Fiorella De

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0754671496 ISBN 13: 9780754671497

Publisher: Routledge, 2008

Synopsis

There have been numerous possible scenarios depicted on the impact of the internet on urban spaces. Considering ubiquitous/pervasive computing, mobile, wireless connectivity and the acceptance of the Internet as a non-extraordinary part of our everyday lives mean that physical urban space is augmented, and digital in itself. This poses new problems as well as opportunities to those who have to deal with it. This book explores the intersection and articulation of physical and digital environments and the ways they can extend and reshape a spirit of place. It considers this from three main perspectives: the implications for the public sphere and urban public or semi-public spaces; the implications for community regeneration and empowerment; and the dilemmas and challenges which the augmentation of space implies for urbanists. Grounded with international real -life case studies, this is an up-to-date, interdisciplinary and holistic overview of the relationships between cities, communities and high technologies.

About this title

About the Author

Alessandro Aurigi, Professor of Urban Design, School of Architecture, Design and Environment, University of Plymouth, UK and Dr Fiorella De Cindio, Laboratorio di Informatica Civica, University of Milan, Italy

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0754671496
• ISBN 13: 9780754671497
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 392
• Editor: Aurigi Alessandro