"my inner geek" <geek@ifeden.com> writes:
> I was speaking with a telephone company executive about the future of
> the U.S. public utilities.
>
> He mentioned the topic of acropolistic city states.
>
> Does anyone have resources that explain this concept?
Didn't he mean arcologies?
Arcology is a termed coined by Italian architect Paolo Soleri in 1959 to describe the concept of Architecture and Ecology working as an integral system. Arcology designs are fully 3-dimensional mega-structure cities which can (theoretically) achieve much greater efficiencies, and promote more social interaction than 2-dimensional cities, while using far less land and consuming fewer resources. See also the FAQ of Arcosanti http://www.arcosanti.org/info/index.html [Definition by Nathan Koren].
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