Dream states : smart cities, technology, and the pursuit of urban utopias / John Lorinc.
"The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, and the tech industry that supplies smart city software and hardware is now worth hundreds of billions a year. But the ideas and approaches underpinning smart city tech ra...
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| Language: | English |
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Toronto :
Coach House Books,
[2022]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, and the tech industry that supplies smart city software and hardware is now worth hundreds of billions a year. But the ideas and approaches underpinning smart city tech raise tough and important questions about the future of urban communities, surveillance, automation, and public participation. The smart city era, moreover, belongs firmly in a longer historical narrative about cities -- one defined by utopian ideologies, architectural visions, and technological fantasies. Smart streetlights, water and air quality tracking, autonomous vehicles: with examples from all over the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Portland, and Chicago, Dream States unpacks the world of smart city tech, but also situates this important shift in city-building into a broader story about why we still dream about perfect places."-- |
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| Physical Description: | 286 pages ; 22 cm. Issued also in electronic formats. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographic references (pages 270-282) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781552454282 1552454282 |
| Additional Physical Form available Note: | Issued also in electronic formats. |