Library Data:Arcology
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An arcology is a planet-based city or settlement maintaining an extremely high sophont population density. Arcologies are generally advocated as solutions to the problems of overpopulation and environmental degradation, as they reduce the ecological footprint of cities. Most cities spread across a planet’s surface horizontally — covering more and more land and reducing arable farmland. Arcologies, on the other hand, are more three-dimensional, either going underground, or going vertical.[1]
A distinction should be made between an arcology, which tries to integrate itself into the local landscape and ecology and a mega-structure, which is simply a giant building.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Colin Dunn. Library Data (Mongoose Publishing, 2011), 5-6.
Other References
- Loren Wiseman. "Azun." Journal of the Travellers' Aid Society 15 (1983): 36-43.
- Christopher Griffen. The Third Imperium (Mongoose Publishing, 2021), 111.