AI was used in planning, writing, and diagram production. The cover and 34 body images are fictional AI illustrations. Six reference photographs are public-domain USDA images.
Why do people still go to markets? AI Urbanism 3: Market looks beyond crowds and prices to examine traders, conversations, food, shopping routes, and the surrounding neighborhood. Its twenty chapters explore repeat customers, the relationship between browsing and buying, and the effects of renovation and tourism.
This English edition asks what a city loses when a market disappears, and what allows a market to keep serving everyday life.