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Autore |
Abbott Carl <1944-> |
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Imagining urban futures : cities in science fiction and what we might learn from them / / Carl Abbott |
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Middletown, Connecticut : , : Wesleyan University Press, , 2016 |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (273 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Science fiction, American - History and criticism |
Cities and towns in literature |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index (pages [247]-261). |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Techno city; or, Dude, where's my aircar? -- Machines for breathing -- Migratory cities -- Utopia with walls: the carceral city -- Crabgrass chaos -- Soylent Green is people! varieties of urban crisis -- Keep out, you idiots! the deserted city -- Market and mosaic -- Afterword: Cities that will work. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What science fiction can teach us about urban planning |
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