Integral City

Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive (2008) is a book by Marilyn Hamilton. It posits a concept called the "Integral City", which is a city as a living human system. It is architecture and city planning based on Integral Theory.

Overview

Integral City draws on the frameworks of complex human development of Ken Wilber, Don Beck, Clare Graves and Ervin Laszlo; living systems theory of James Grier Miller; ecological sustainability of William Rees and Mathis Wackernagel; resilience models of C.S. Holling et al.; and bio-social-evolutionist dynamics of Jared Diamond, Spencer Wells, Howard Bloom, Elisabet Sahtouris and Barbara Marx Hubbard.

Hamilton's book came out of her dissertation The Berkana Community of Conversations (Hamilton, 1999),[1] and other published articles and conference papers by Hamilton.

Reception

The book was reviewed in World Future Review,[2] Kosmos Journal,[3] Futurist,[4] Alternatives Journal,[5] Canadian Journal of Urban Research,[6] and EnlightenNext.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Marilyn Hamilton. "The Berkana Community of Conversations". dissertation.com. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  2. ↑ Rick Docksai (Feb/Mar2009, Vol. 1 Issue 1, p108). "Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive". World Future Review. Retrieved October 23, 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. ↑ September 2008 (Fall/Winter2008, Vol. 8 Issue 1, p64). "Integral City". Kosmos Journal. Retrieved October 23, 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  4. ↑ "Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive". Futurist. Nov/Dec2008, Vol. 42 Issue 6, p66. Retrieved October 23, 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  5. ↑ Chris Lowry (Jun2009, Vol. 35 Issue 3, p30). "Choreographing Sustainable Communities". Alternatives Journal. Retrieved October 23, 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  6. ↑ Sharon Ackerman (Winter2010, Vol. 19 Issue 2, p129). "Integral City: Evolutionary Intelligences for the Human Hive/City out of Chaos: Urban Self-organization and Sustainability". Canadian Journal of Urban Research. Retrieved October 23, 2013. Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ↑ "In print", EnlightenNext, Dec2008/Jan2009, Issue 42, p19-19. Book review.

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