<p><b>How we can inventβbut not predictβthe future of cities.</b></p><p>We cannot predict future cities, but we can invent them. Cities are largely unpredictable because they are complex systems that are more like organisms than machines. Neither the laws of economics nor the laws of mechanics apply
Collage City (The MIT Press)
β Scribed by Colin Rowe, Fred Koetter
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Year
- 1978
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 99
- Edition
- Reprint
- Category
- Library
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