A migratory city is a moving city as its name implies. In real life, cities cannot move due to geographical reasons, but in science fiction, there are various forms of cities. However, science fiction is not divorced from real life. In science fiction, every city has residents from different countries, it also trades with other regions, and energy transmission is common. Distributed city is a concept that relative with urban planning theory and science fiction. Every component of the distributed city is independent of the others and different parts of the city have different function, but it can interact with others and play a bigger role. The Swarm has different airships serve different functions, which is the same of a real city with different districts. GBA is a great example of distributed city.
Science fiction provides a reference sample for urban planning, while the city provides inspiration for science fiction. There are differences and similarities between the two.
Jiaxin Li (3035795276)
I like your last statement on how sci-fi relates to real-life cities. This also applies to the relationship between film and architecture/ city. What other parallels could you draw between sci-fi and cities?