Chapter 5. Soft Cities

In a world of ubiquitous computation and telecommunication, electronically augmented bodies, postinfobahn architecture, and big-time bit business, the very idea of a city is challenged and must eventually be reconceived. Computer networks become as fundamental to urban life as street systems. Memory and screen space become valuable, sought-after sorts of real estate. Much of the economic, social, political, and cultural action shifts into cyberspace. As a result, familiar urban design issues are up for radical reformulation.
* Real Estate / Cyberspace
* Wild West / Electronic Frontier
* Human Laws / Coded Conditionals
* Face-to-Face / Interface
* On the Spot / On the Net
* Street Networks / World Wide Web
* Neighborhoods / MUDs
* Enclosure / Encryption
* Public Space / Public Access
* Being There / Getting Connected
* Community Customs / Network Norms
* Nolli and the Net

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