10. СОЦИАЛЬНО-УМНЫЕ УСТОЙЧИВЫЕ ГОРОДА
Репорт, 2020, ЕЭК ООН
В регионе ЕЭК ООН находятся города, которые являются лидерами в обеспечении устойчивости и вносят вклад в общую устойчивость в мире. Стратегические инструменты политики ЕЭК ООН, ее опыт, передовая практика и извлеченные уроки способствуют выработке политики в интересах социально-умных и устойчивых городов как на уровне национальных органов власти, так и на уровне городов. В настоящей публикации рассматривается ряд важных межсекторальных областей, в которых потенциал городов направлен на комплексное реагирование на тенденции и вызовы развития при одновременном обеспечении как устойчивости, так и удобства для проживания населения.
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The City of the Future as an Object of Research. 10 Modern Books
Societal global change is a widely discussed topic around the world and has been in the spotlight for decades. Change is becoming an important impetus for a large number of works describing the authors’ views on the cities of the future and their territorial development; today we have available a great number of books and studies describing the different perspectives on what the future of the urban should be and what it requires. This digest looks at books published between 2020 and 2022 that systematically address the phenomenon of the City of the Future.
Elizaveta Zakharova
PhD student, Department of Social Sciences, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Many of the terms used in the contemporary conversation about development and the future came into use at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, in the situation of growing awareness of the transition to a post-industrial society. For example, such concepts as creative economy, creative city, and creative industries are emerging. Creative solutions to big societal problems are bringing forth new products and services, and setting up a new system of social interactions. The modern city demonstrates new types of economic relationships and innovations in the technology and business. Thus, it is becoming essential to involve a large number of talented and competent people in a variety of fields in the development and innovation processes.
Among the trends shaping the new social fabric of the cities of the future are an increased participation of residents in decision-making processes, the growing importance of creative industries, and the emergence of new challenges to the spatial development of urbanized areas and to ensuring inclusiveness and sustainability. There is a growing interest in a circular economy with greener technology, progressive building codes, and an awareness of the implications for social inequality.
The city of the future is an interdisciplinary object of study. The processes of thinking and designing urban development involve a variety of specialists, from architects and designers to environmentalists and journalists, who offer important insights into social change, the impact of technology and the environment, and propose specific development projects. Some authors use retrospective analysis of visual representations of the future of the cities and their ideologies, suggesting the design of cities of the future. Other innovators are constructing an architectural future based not only on climate change, population density, infrastructure, and transportation, but also on digital culture. A number of works are devoted to the study of specific regions or even countries, which are not only focused on the development of the cities and their future, but also present a methodological analysis in the field of urban studies. The question of social equality and how it can be achieved through urban planning and sustainability policies has become an important component of the recent years’ works.
1. THE FUTURE CITY: VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
Book, 2021, Lannoo Publishers
Alyn Griffiths
This book introduces pioneering architects, designers and planners whose visions for an alternative urban future address issues such as climate change, population density, infrastructure, transportation and digital culture. It includes over 40 radical projects grouped into five key categories: master planning and megacities, transportation and infrastructure, new habitats, green cities / urban farming, and smart cities.
Each category summarizes trends that will drive the development of future cities, with each project representing a unique approach to urban development in the 21st century and beyond.
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2. FUTURE CITIES LABORATORY INDICIA
Book series, 2017-2019-2021, Lars M?ller Publishers
Stephen Cairns, Devisari Tunas, ETH Z?rich / Singapore-ETH Centre
Future Cities Laboratory reports on the same named research program and its mission to shape sustainable future cities through science, by design, in place. It offers a global perspective on cities from the vantage point of the world’s most populous and rapidly urbanizing continent: Asia, which also acts as the base of the laboratory. The first volume illustrates the richness and diversity of research at the Future Cities Laboratory (FCL). The book, the first in a series, describes new processes and types of data that are being used to understand and improve cities. The second volume in the Future Cities Lab series focuses on the tools, methods, and approaches needed for urban research. The third and final volume in the Indicia book series presents the results of the Future Cities Laboratory research program in the form of actions for sustainable city-making.
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3. CITIES OF THE FUTURE: SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT, PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT, AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES
Monograph, 2021, DELO Publishing House
RANEPA authoring team
This collective monograph is dedicated to the contemporary trends in urban development, which establish the new look and social fabric of cities of the future: the increased resident participation in decision-making on a wide range of issues pertaining to urban life, the increasing role of creative economy and creative industries, the challenges and limitations of spatial development of urbanized territories.
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4. THE NEW NORMAL
Book, 2020, Park Books
Benjamin Bratton, Nicolay Boyadjiev, Nick Axel
"The New Normal" is a global English-language study of the planetary impact of technology on the future of the cities in Russia and the world. Ninety interdisciplinary researchers from thirty different countries and more than forty faculty members from such fields as architecture, information technology, philosophy, art, film making, economics, etc. took part in the study. They study not only the way the future of the cities looks like, but also the way it is set up; the circulation of ideas, values and the power.
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5. FUTURE CITIES: A VISUAL GUIDE
Guidebook, 2020, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Dunn, Nick, Cureton, Dr Paul (Lancaster University, UK)
This book examines how cities of the future have been visualized, what these projects sought to communicate and what the implications may be for us now. It provides a visual history of the future and explores the relationships between different visualization techniques and ideologies for cities. The authors apply several critical lenses to consider the subject in different ways: technological futures, social futures, and global futures, providing a comprehensive survey and analysis of visions for future cities, and engaging creatively with how we perceive tomorrow’s world and future studies more widely.
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6. FOUNDRIES OF THE FUTURE: A GUIDE FOR 21ST CENTURY CITIES OF MAKING
Book, 2020, TU Delft Open
Hill, Adrian V. (ed.), Cities of Making project team
The book aims to show that despite perceptions, manufacturing is not in terminal decay in western cities. On the contrary, it is at the opening of a new chapter. Urban manufacturing is helping cities to be more innovative, circular, inclusive and resilient. Recently, with increasing interest in the circular economy, with cleaner and more compact technology, with more progressive building codes for mixed use, with increasing awareness of the impacts of social inequality and with a clearer understanding of the value chains between the trade of material and immaterial goods, cities across the world are realizing that manufacturing has an important place in the 21st century urban economy.
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7. GLOBAL CITIES: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Book, 2020, SAGE Publications Pvt. Ltd
Zhou Zhenhua
The pivotal nodes in the world city network are global cities – cities of supreme strategic value in global economy and politics, science and technology, culture, and society. Global Cities: Past, Present and Future explores the evolution of global cities – their formation, rise, development and tendencies. This book summarizes and interprets global tendencies and also puts forward a theoretical framework that will help researchers understand these cities better. It also makes a compelling case for understanding every city in terms of evolutionary dynamics.
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8. THE IDEAL CITY: EXPLORING URBAN FUTURES
Book, 2021, gestalten & SPACE10
The city is an always changing human experiment. But in the last half century, it has changed more than ever before – with little sign of slowing down. As this phenomenon takes place, an increasing number of architects, innovators and policy-makers are rethinking the city to make the most of space and resources. This book chronicles the design of urban futures. From apps designed to curb food waste to inventive fresh water infrastructure, The Ideal City explores the many initiatives and experiments, all with the shared goal of making the cities of tomorrow a happier, healthier and more inclusive place to be.