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Cyberpunk Cities

2007; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 27; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1177/0739456x07305795

1552-6577

Carl Abbott,

Urban Planning and Governance

The science fiction subgenre of cyberpunk developed in the 1980s and 1990s with a strong interest in urban settings. A reading of important cyberpunk novels shows the way in which the ideas of formal urban theory, such as the idea of global cities, cities as communication systems, and the Los Angeles school of urban studies, have been incorporated into this facet of popular culture. The analysis suggests that science fiction can help planners to understand the influence of a range of social theories on public understanding of planning issues.