Biotechnology and Future Cities

Towards Sustainability, Resilience and Living Urban Organisms

AvZaheer Allam

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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This book explores how biotechnology can lead to the reimagination of cities. Zaheer Allam thus revisits the popular concept of Smart Cities -and its associated Internet of Things (IoT) to explore how the biological sciences, coupled with technology, can be applied to cities;

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-03-31
Mått:148 x 210 x 11 mm
Vikt:263 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:90
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030438142

Utforska kategorier

Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Biovetenskap inom Naturvetenskap och teknik
Regional planering inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Zaheer Allam works as an Urban Strategist for the Port Louis Development Initiative (PLDI), Mauritius and the Global Creative Leadership Initiative. He is the African Representative of the International Society of Biourbanism (ISB) and a member of the Advisory Circle of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA). He was elevated, by the President of Mauritius, to the rank of Officer of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (OSK); the highest distinct order of Merit in Mauritius.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 - Biotechnology to render future cities as living and intelligent organisms.- Chapter 2 - The Triple B: Big data, biotechnology and biomimicry.- Chapter 3 - Revisiting energy policy and planning in future living cities.- Chapter 4 - On gene editing and the conflicts between biodiversity and urban liveability.- Chapter 5 - Biometrics, privacy, safety and resilience in future cities.