GEO 320 Urban Geography Fall 2005
Department of Geography and Meteorology, Valparaiso University

Cybercities, Sci-Fi Cities, and Sim Cities

Interpenetration of Physical spaces and cyberspaces

The Space of Flows and the Space of Places

The Digital Divide


City Form and Telecommunications

  • End of the City Hypothesis
  • Silicon Valley/Alley/Gulch Hypothesis
  • The Cell Phone and The Real Time City

Sci-Fi Cities

  • Utopia and the City
  • Utopia of Spatial Form vs. Utopias of Social Process

Virtual Cities
Real Virtuality