Supercities On, Under, and Beyond the Earth : Housing, Feeding, Powering, and Transporting the Urban Crowds of the Future /: Housing, Feeding, Powering, and Transporting the Urban Crowds of the Future. (2020)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jeff Dondero.
• Authors: Dondero, Jeff
• Contents: Preface ; ; Acknowledgments and Disclaimer ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 1: Seeking Supercities: Surroundings, Settings, and Situations ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 2: Habitats for Inhabitants: Home Is Where the Heart, Hearth, and Habitat Are ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 3: Burrowing Beneath the Earth: Tomorrow&rsquo;s Troglodytes ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 4: Going Back to the Sea: Back to Our Beginnings ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 5: Settlements Above the Sky: Cities in Space ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 6: The Most Important Color in Supercities: Getting Green ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 7: Bleeding-Edge Building Materials: If You Build It, They Will Come ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 8: Getting Somewhere from Someplace: New Age Transportation ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 9: Priorities for Power: Sustainables That Keep On Giving ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 10: Provisioning the Populace: Resourcing Resources ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 11: Smart City Systems: AI and Automation ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 12: Super Skyscrapers: How High Can We Go? ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 13: New Use for Refuse: Gold in Garbage ; ; <span style="font-weight:bold;">Chapter 14: Cautionary Comments on Climate Change: How to Cope ; ; Notes ; ; About the Author
• Publisher Details: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource (296 pages)
• Subjects: Science: Energy; Science: Environmental Science; Social Science: Future Studies; Social Science: Sociology / Urban
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538126721; 1538126729
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.