arcologyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

arcology (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 arcologies)

1. (urban studies, uncountable) Urban development theory proposed by Paolo Soleri involving three-dimensional building methods and efficient use of space and resources.
2. (countable) An extremely large building or complex, sufficient to maintain an internal ecology as well as an extremely high human population density.
   • 1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 6:

     Behind the port lay the city, factory domes dominated by the vast cubes of corporate arcologies.

Further reading

• arcology on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• acrology, cool gray