A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences

by Shannon Mattern

A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computers

Computational models of urbanism--smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration--promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences. Yet these models limit our understanding of what we can know about a city. A City Is Not a Computer reveals how cities encompass myriad forms of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691208050
• ISBN13: 9780691208053
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 8.1"