This book fleshes out the idea that everything about the city involves a fight for the good life. From how we conceptualize it to its streets and the fiber-optic cables beneath them, nothing is excluded from creating the cities we want to call home.
In turn, this book continues Shane Epting's ideas developed in Urban Enlightenment and Meaning in the Metropolis. It begins with an examination of how scholars define the term "city." He argues that while cities are often described as ecosystems or technologies, these views should be abandoned in most cases. Instead, Epting maintains that cities are groups of people capable of shaping the built environment and its supporting technologies, united by the goal of creating places where people can live their best lives. This is the fight for the city. That fight involves many elements vital to city living, such as streets, land use, historic preservation, and preparation for extreme weather. He argues that fighting for the city is not merely about control. Rather, its purpose is to create environments that foster human flourishing while safeguarding communities against disaster.
Creating Future Cities will be essential reading for scholars and advanced students in philosophy, urban studies, and architecture.
| ISBN: | 9781041126997 |
| Publication date: | 23rd March 2026 |
| Author: | Shane Ray Epting |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 192 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy |
| Genres: |
Ethics and moral philosophy Environmentalist thought and ideology Urban and municipal planning and policy Civil engineering, surveying and building |
This book fleshes out the idea that everything about the city involves a fight for the good life. From how we conceptualize it to its streets and the fiber-optic cables beneath them, nothing is excluded from creating the cities we want to call home.
In turn, this book continues Shane Epting's ideas developed in Urban Enlightenment and Meaning in the Metropolis. It begins with an examination of how scholars define the term "city." He argues that while cities are often described as ecosystems or technologies, these views should be abandoned in most cases. Instead, Epting maintains that cities are groups of people capable of shaping the built environment and its supporting technologies, united by the goal of creating places where people can live their best lives. This is the fight for the city. That fight involves many elements vital to city living, such as streets, land use, historic preservation, and preparation for extreme weather. He argues that fighting for the city is not merely about control. Rather, its purpose is to create environments that foster human flourishing while safeguarding communities against disaster.
Creating Future Cities will be essential reading for scholars and advanced students in philosophy, urban studies, and architecture.
Creating Future Cities features in the following genres: Ethics and moral philosophy, Environmentalist thought and ideology, Urban and municipal planning and policy, Civil engineering, surveying and building
Creating Future Cities is available in Hardback
Creating Future Cities was written by Shane Ray Epting and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Creating Future Cities has 192 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy series
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