Aerotropolis The Way We'll Live Next

Name: Aerotropolis The Way We'll Live Next
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ISBN: 9780374533519

ISBN-10: 0374533512

ISBN-13: 9780374533519

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Authors: John D. Kasarda, Greg Lindsay

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The aerotropolis is the frontier of the next phase of globalization. It’s already reshaping life in Beijing and Amsterdam, in China and Rwanda, in Dallas and the Washington, D.C., suburbs. John D. Kasarda defined the term “aerotropolis,” and he is now sought after worldwide as an adviser. Working with Kasarda’s ideas and research, the gifted journalist Greg Lindsay gives us a vivid, at times disquieting look at these new cities in the making, the challenges they present to our environment and our usual ways of life, and the opportunities they offer to those who can adapt to them creatively.Aerotropolisis news from the near future—news we urgently need if we are to understand the changing…

Book details

List price: $22.00
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Publication date: 9/18/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 496
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English



Introduction



A Tale of Three Cities



Just in Time



Up in the Air



Welcome Home to the Airport



The Aerotropolist



Aerotropolis or Bust



The Cool Chain



The Big Bangs



The Aerotropolis Emirates



The Sustainable Aerotropolis?



Go West. Go Out. Go.


Epilogue: Opening Day


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index