Lexicon

Abject
Accretion
Actant
Aeration
Aerobic
Algae-boosted
Animal
Anthropomorphism
Anti-Continuous Construction
Apocalypse
Aquaculture
Aquanaut
Ark
Artificial Intelligence
Autopoiesis
Assemblages
Asymmetry
Atrophy
Attraction
Autarchy
Automata
Automation
Autosymbiosis
Bambassador
Bathyscaphe
Bioconurbation
Biomedia
Bionics
Biosphere
Biotechnique
By-product
Capacity
Actant
Coisolation
Composting
Conservative Surgery
Consumer Envelope
Consumption
Continuous Construction
Conurbation
Correalism
Cultural_Memory
Cybernetics
Cybertecture
Cyborg
Dispositif
Diving Saucer
Dross
Earthship
Ecocatastrophe
Effluvium
Egosphere
End-use
Entanglement
Eutopia
Feedback
Foam
Folk
Gadget
Garbage House
Green Cyborg
Heuristic
Hoard
Holism
Homogenization of Desire
Hostile
Human Affect
Hybridized Folk
Hydroponic
Hyper-Materialism
Information Economy
Inner Space
Interama
Intra-Uterine
Maque
Megalopolis
Min-use
Mobility
Monorail
Multi-Hinge
Non-Design
Oceanaut
Oppositional Consciousness
Organic
Ouroboros
Panarchy
Parasite
Perceived Continuation
Permanence
Place
Prototype
Post-Animal
Reclamation
RI: Data Farms
RI: Garbage and Animals
RI:Shipbreaking
RI: Toxic Sublime
Sampling
Scale
Sensing Structure
Simulacrum
Simulation
Soft Energy
Spaceship Earth
Submersible
Superwindow
Symbiosis
Synthetic Environment
Technocratic
Technological Heredity
Technological Sublime
Telechirics
The Sublime
Thermal Panel
Actant
Thing-Power
Thinking Machines
Tool
Toxic Withdrawal
Turbulence
UV-Transparent Film
Vibrant Matter
Waste
Work

EUTOPIA

Inspired by the Positivist philosophical doctrine of Auguste Comte—which advocated that its practitioners pursue altruism, scientific methodology, cultural engagement and acquire multiple fields of expertise—Geddes use of town planning was directed towards creating an ideal society that embodied these principles. He described his contemporary city as being paleotechnic: reliant on industrial machinery, exploiting mineral resources, and congesting the air with smoke and smog. This antiquated technological mindset should be replaced by his vision for a neotechnic approach: various disciplines working in synch to comprehensively appropriate resources using newer technologies, and more efficient production (e.g. using electricity, instead of coal) combined with natural beauty (e.g. an attractive waterfall producing hydroelectric power). This could be achieved, according to Geddes, by encouraging Towns to develop Schools (centers of education and expertise), followed by Cloisters (centers of self-reflection and informed possibilities), with the result of producing a true City which combines all knowledge into a fully functioning, organic combination of synergistic refinement.

Citations
Geddes, Patrick. Cities in Evolution. 1949, London: Williams & Norgate, pp.25