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The size of cities: A synthesis of multi-disciplinary perspectives on the global megalopolis
Progress in Planning ( IF 6.063 ) Pub Date : 2017-08-01 , DOI: 10.1016/j.progress.2016.03.001
José Edgardo Abaya Gomez Jr.

Abstract This interdisciplinary treatise integrates notions from the biological, geographical, sociological, politico-administrative, economic, psychological, futurist, and other scientific literature about the expansion of urban areas by taking the reader through a series of conjectures about the practical upper limits of the size of cities, and centering the discussion around the possibilities for a world-spanning megalopolis or city-planet. It specifically frames urban growth against a survey of known conceptual and logical limits established by previous research in the natural and social sciences, and demonstrates that while there are absolute and practical constraints to the establishment of what the author calls a Pangaean City, they might be overcome by new technologies, innovations in governance, and behavioral adjustments. The author also shows that there are prior, overlapping, or parallel sociopolitical and cultural constraints that govern city size, and that while these are not immutable, they represent sets of actual influences on development of the magnified urban form itself, including its reach beyond physical presence. Finally, while it is shown that a thorough-going planetary urbanization may be physically impossible, the research concludes by suggesting what planners can or should do about such a phenomenon. It further relates the discussion to the rich body of utopian planning literature, where the aspiration for an all-embracing urbanity remains to mirror the panoramic analyses of this paper.

中文翻译:

城市的规模:综合考虑全球大都市的多学科视角

摘要 这篇跨学科论文整合了生物学、地理、社会学、政治行政、经济、心理学、未来主义和其他关于城市地区扩张的科学文献中的概念,让读者通过一系列关于城市扩张的实际上限的猜想。城市规模,并围绕世界范围内的大都市或城市星球的可能性展开讨论。它将城市发展与先前自然科学和社会科学研究建立的已知概念和逻辑限制的调查相比较,并表明虽然作者所说的盘古城市的建立存在绝对和实际的限制,但它们可能是被新技术、治理创新和行为调整所克服。作者还表明,存在支配城市规模的先验、重叠或平行的社会政治和文化约束,虽然这些约束不是一成不变的,但它们代表了对放大的城市形态本身发展的一系列实际影响,包括其超越物理的范围。在场。最后,虽然表明彻底的行星城市化可能在物理上是不可能的,但该研究的结论是建议规划者可以或应该对这种现象做些什么。它进一步将讨论与丰富的乌托邦规划文献联系起来,其中对包罗万象的城市的渴望仍然反映了本文的全景分析。它们代表了对放大的城市形态本身发展的一系列实际影响,包括其超越物理存在的范围。最后,虽然表明彻底的行星城市化在物理上是不可能的,但研究的结论是建议规划者可以或应该对这种现象做些什么。它进一步将讨论与丰富的乌托邦规划文献联系起来,其中对包罗万象的城市的渴望仍然反映了本文的全景分析。它们代表了对放大的城市形态本身发展的一系列实际影响,包括其超越物理存在的范围。最后,虽然表明彻底的行星城市化在物理上是不可能的,但研究的结论是建议规划者可以或应该对这种现象做些什么。它进一步将讨论与丰富的乌托邦规划文献联系起来,其中对包罗万象的城市的渴望仍然反映了本文的全景分析。
更新日期:2017-08-01
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