The smart enough city : : putting technology in Its place to reclaim our urban future / / Ben Green.
Why technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be "smart enough," using technology to promote democracy and equity. Smart cities, where technology is used to solve every problem, are hailed as futuristic urban utopias. We are promised that apps, algorithms, and artificial intel...
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| Superior document: | Strong ideas |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge : : MIT Press,, 2019. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Strong ideas.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (226 pages) |
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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