Creating Smart Cities
Contributor(s): Coletta, Claudio | Kitchin, Rob | Evans, Leighton | Heaphy, Liam.
Series: Region And Cities. Publisher: New York Routledge Taylor & Francis Group London and New York 2019Edition: 1st.Description: xi,241p.ISBN: 9780815396253.Subject(s): Urban Planning | Digital TechnologiesDDC classification: 307.760285 Summary: In cities around the world, digital technologies are utilized to manage city services and infrastructures, to govern urban life, to solve urban issues and to drive local and regional economies. While "smart city" advocates are keen to promote the benefits of smart urbanism – increased efficiency, sustainability, resilience, competitiveness, safety and security – critics point to the negative effects, such as the production of technocratic governance, the corporatization of urban services, technological lock-ins, privacy harms and vulnerability to cyberattack. This book, through a range of international case studies, suggests social, political and practical interventions that would enable more equitable and just smart cities, reaping the benefits of smart city initiatives while minimizing some of their perils. Included are case studies from Ireland, the United States of America, Colombia, the Netherlands, Singapore, India and the United Kingdom. These chapters discuss a range of issues including political economy, citizenship, standards, testbedding, urban regeneration, ethics, surveillance, privacy and cybersecurity. This book will be of interest to urban policymakers, as well as researchers in Regional Studies and Urban Planning.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| 307.76 URB- Urbanization and development in North-East India: Trends and policy implications | 307.76 WAM-; Cities, disaster risk and adaptation | 307.7601 EGE-U Urban ethics : | 307.760285 CRE- Creating Smart Cities | 307.76054 CON; Contemporary urbanisation in India: issues and challenges | 307.76054 ECO- Ecologies of urbanism in India: metropolitan civility and sustainability | 307.76072 CAT-; Scientific methods of urban analysis |
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In cities around the world, digital technologies are utilized to manage city services and infrastructures, to govern urban life, to solve urban issues and to drive local and regional economies. While "smart city" advocates are keen to promote the benefits of smart urbanism – increased efficiency, sustainability, resilience, competitiveness, safety and security – critics point to the negative effects, such as the production of technocratic governance, the corporatization of urban services, technological lock-ins, privacy harms and vulnerability to cyberattack. This book, through a range of international case studies, suggests social, political and practical interventions that would enable more equitable and just smart cities, reaping the benefits of smart city initiatives while minimizing some of their perils. Included are case studies from Ireland, the United States of America, Colombia, the Netherlands, Singapore, India and the United Kingdom. These chapters discuss a range of issues including political economy, citizenship, standards, testbedding, urban regeneration, ethics, surveillance, privacy and cybersecurity. This book will be of interest to urban policymakers, as well as researchers in Regional Studies and Urban Planning.
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