Sustainable Systems

An Agenda for a Science of Cities

Based on the lecture series „Cities in Motion“ of Markus Schaefer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna on Cities, this essay provides an overview over theories and insights of various authors that could contribute to a science of cities.

• The lecture series included the following lectures:
• City as market – Economy of cities
• City as mass – Density and growth
• City as network – Mobility and access
• City as physiology – Environment and resources
• City as politics and brand – Management, marketing and policy
• City as collective form – Representation and power

Schaefer, Markus: „Sustainable Systems: An Agenda for a Science of Cities“. in: Review, Institute for Art and Architecture, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Vienna 2008, p. 72-85