The first city on Mars : an urban planner's guide to settling the Red Planet / Justin B. Hollander.
2022
TL795.7
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Title
The first city on Mars : an urban planner's guide to settling the Red Planet / Justin B. Hollander.
ISBN
9783031075285 (electronic bk.)
3031075285 (electronic bk.)
9783031075278
3031075277
3031075285 (electronic bk.)
9783031075278
3031075277
Published
Cham : Springer, [2022]
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxxi, 255 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-07528-5 doi
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TL795.7
Dewey Decimal Classification
629.44/2
Summary
Hundreds of novels, films, and TV shows have speculated about what it would be like for us Earthlings to build cities on Mars. To make it a reality, however, these dreamers are in sore need of additional conceptual tools in their beltparticularly, a rich knowledge of city planning and design. Enter award-winning author and Tufts University professor, Justin Hollander. In this book, he draws on his experience as an urban planner and researcher of human settlements to provide a thoughtful exploration of what a city on Mars might actually look like. Exploring the residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure elements of such an outpost, the book is able to paint a vivid picture of how a Martian community would function the layout of its public spaces, the arrangement of its buildings, its transportation network, and many more crucial aspects of daily life on another planet. Dr. Hollander then brings all these lessons to life through his own rendered plan for "Aleph," one of many possible designs for the first city on Mars. Featuring a plethora of detailed, cutting-edge illustrations and blueprints for Martian settlements, this book at once inspires and grounds the adventurous spirit. It is a novel addition to the current planning underway to colonize the Red Planet, providing a rich review of how we have historically overcome challenging environments and what the broader lessons of urban planning can offer to the extraordinary challenge of building a permanent settlement on Mars. .
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Springer-Praxis books in space exploration.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Welcome to Mars
Chapter 2. Learning from Earths Colonization
Chapter 3. Lessons from Six Decades of Space Exploration
Chapter 4. Designing Mars for Humans: The First Principle
Chapter 5. Transportation Dimensions
Chapter 6. Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Dimensions
Chapter 7. Non-Transportation Infrastructure Dimensions
Chapter 8. Mars Planning Precedents
Chapter 9. Other Off-World Planning Precedents
Chapter 10. Template for a Mars Colony
Chapter 11. Conclusion.
Chapter 2. Learning from Earths Colonization
Chapter 3. Lessons from Six Decades of Space Exploration
Chapter 4. Designing Mars for Humans: The First Principle
Chapter 5. Transportation Dimensions
Chapter 6. Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Dimensions
Chapter 7. Non-Transportation Infrastructure Dimensions
Chapter 8. Mars Planning Precedents
Chapter 9. Other Off-World Planning Precedents
Chapter 10. Template for a Mars Colony
Chapter 11. Conclusion.