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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Main Author: Green, Ben
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge MIT Press 2019
The MIT Press
Edition:1
Series:Strong Ideas
Subjects:
apps
Architecture
artificial intelligence
City and town planning: architectural aspects
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Computing and Processing
criminal justice
democracy
Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning
General Topics for Engineers
Impact of science and technology on society
Information Science
innovation
Landscape architecture and design
machine learning
Mathematics and Science
policing
politics
Regional and area planning
Science: general issues
Smart cities
social change
technological determinism
technology
Technology & Policy
The Arts
urban
Urban and municipal planning and policy
Urban Design
innovation
politics
policing
urban design
technology
machine learning
artificial intelligence
democracy
urban
smart cities
technological determinism
criminal justice
social change
apps
ISBN:0262039672, 9780262039673, 9780262352246, 0262352249
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Table of Contents:
  • 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