The Smart Enough City Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future

Why technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be “smart enough,” using technology to promote democracy and equity. The open access edition of this book was made possible by generous funding from the MIT Libraries. Smart cities, where technology is used to solve every problem, are hailed...

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Hlavní autor: Green, Ben
Médium: E-kniha Kniha
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Cambridge MIT Press 2019
The MIT Press
Vydání:1
Edice:Strong Ideas
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ISBN:0262039672, 9780262039673, 9780262352246, 0262352249
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  • Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Smart City: A New Era on the Horizon -- 2 The Livable City: The Limits and Dangers of New Technology -- 3 The Democratic City: The Social Determinants of Technology's Impacts -- 4 The Just City: Machine Learning's Social and Political Foundations -- 5 The Responsible City: Avoiding Technology's Undemocratic Social Contracts -- 6 The Innovative City: The Relationship between Technical and Nontechnical Change in City Government -- 7 The Smart Enough City: Lessons from the Past and a Framework for the Future -- Notes -- References -- Index