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The smart city in a digital world

By: Mosco, Vincent
Material type: BookSeries: SocietyNowPublisher: Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.Description: xviii, 263 p. ; 18 cm.ISBN: 978-1787691384Subject(s): Smart cities | Smart cities -- Social aspects | Cities and towns -- Effect of technological innovations on -- Citizen participationDDC classification: 307.760285 MO SM Online resources: Location Map
Summary:
This book looks at what makes a city smart by describing, challenging, and offering democratic alternatives to the view that the answer begins and ends with technology. Drawing on worldwide case studies documenting the redevelopment of old and the creation of new cities, it provides an essential guide to the future of urban life in a digital world.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai
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307.760285 MO SM (Browse shelf) Available Nov2019 T0063141
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-250) and index.

The World is Urban --
How to Think About Smart Cities --
City of Technology: Where the Streets Are Paved with Data --
Who Governs? State-Driven Smart Cities --
Who Governs? Private Smart Cities --
Who Governs? Citizens --
The Urban Imaginary: Myths and Markets --
Whose Smart City?

This book looks at what makes a city smart by describing, challenging, and offering democratic alternatives to the view that the answer begins and ends with technology. Drawing on worldwide case studies documenting the redevelopment of old and the creation of new cities, it provides an essential guide to the future of urban life in a digital world.

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