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Data-Spheres of Planetary Urbanization

Data-Spheres of Planetary Urbanization

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ISBN10: 3986122702
ISBN13: 9783986122706
Publisher: Jovis Verlag
Published: Mar 11 2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 2.45
Height: 1.40 Width: 9.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

How can we map the urbanization of the planet in an era of climate breakdown? The Urban Theory Lab's Data-Spheres of Planetary Urbanization confronts this question by assembling a series of experimental visualizations of the worldwide urban fabric. This book reverses the mainstream, city-centric perspective on urbanization, showing, instead, that the world of contemporary urbanization encompasses much of the planet, including apparently remote areas, wildlands, and oceans. Cities are not only producers of value, but entropic black holes that consume surpluses produced elsewhere and project waste back into the planetary biosphere. Non-city spaces are, correspondingly, the metabolic bases of planetary urbanization.

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