CyberCities
Subtitle: Visual Perception in the Age of Electronic Communication
Edition: 2nd ed. edition
Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
Published: October 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 245
ISBN-13: 9781568980485
Subjects: Impact of computing & IT on society; Theory of architecture; Virtual reality; Urban Architecture; Architecture; Politics/International Relations; Planning; Architecture / General; CyberCities; Electronic Communication; Non-Classifiable; Computers and civilization; Telecommunication
First sentence: From the moment William Gibson announced in his dystopian science-fiction account Neuromancer (1984) that the new informational network or computer matrix called cyberspace looks like Los Angeles seen from five thousand feet up in the air, there has been a predilection for drawing a parallel between the virtual space of computer networks and post-urban places of disorder and decay.