Human Settlement in the Service Economy Era. An Evolutionary Perspective

The book tackles the role of the service economy in human settlement evolution, filling a major gap in the literature. While service-driven business models are already regularly evaluated and utilized, the social challenges of the service economy – and its positive impacts in exacerbating economic and environmental crises – are poorly understood from the point of view of human settlement evolution. The chapters in this book, based on a new theoretical approach centered around post-industrial and post-anthropocentric perspectives, highlight the need for the innovative design and development of human settlements. The book proposes a framework of six strategies for evolving human settlements that integrates economic, social, and environmental dimensions and explains the logic of the evolutionary path. A set of case studies illustrates practical applications of post-industrial settlements building through the prism of a suggested innovative holistic approach.