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100 1 _aTownsend, Anthony M.,
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245 1 0 _aSmart cities :
_bbig data, civic hackers, and the quest for a new utopia
_cAnthony M. Townsend
260 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton & Company,
_cc2014.
300 _axiv, 388 p. ;
_c21 cm.
500 _a"With a new epilogue"--Cover.
500 _a"First published as a Norton paperback 2014"--Title page verso.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 329-370) and index.
505 0 _aUrbanization and ubiquity -- The $100 billion jackpot -- Cybernetics redux -- Cities of tomorrow -- The open-source metropolis -- Tinkering toward utopia -- Have nots -- Reinventing city hall -- A planet of civic laboratories -- Buggy, brittle, and bugged -- A new civics for a smart century.
520 8 _aIn response, cities worldwide are deploying technology to address both the timeless challenges of government and the mounting problems posed by human settlements of previously unimaginable size and complexity. In Chicago, GPS sensors on snow plows feed a real-time "plow tracker" map that everyone can access. In Zaragoza, Spain, a "citizen card" can get you on the free city-wide Wi-Fi network, unlock a bike share, check a book out of the library, and pay for your bus ride home. In New York, a guerrilla group of citizen-scientists installed sensors in local sewers to alert you when stormwater runoff overwhelms the system, dumping waste into local waterways.
650 0 _aCities and towns
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650 0 _aCity planning
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650 0 _aRegional planning
_vTechnological innovations
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650 0 _aTechnological innovations
_vEconomic aspects
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650 0 _aInformation technology
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650 7 _aInnovations technologiques
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856 _uhttps://uowd.box.com/s/dymp5h5wyozul8g7tpw8jkc8hzuge3ps
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