Geodesign, Urban Digital Twins, and Futures

Cureton and Hartley write about the built environment under pressure from urban growth and climate. GeoBIM, one of the tools covered, joins geographic data with building information models (BIM: detailed digital models of buildings). Gamification, the use of game mechanics in planning, is another. More than a hundred international projects and workflows illustrate the book. There are five case studies and a companion website. Geodesign is presented as collaborative work among the people involved in a place.

Of the recent books on urban twins, this one is written from the practice of planning and design. It is the most concerned with how a twin is used in a room with stakeholders.