Smart Cities

by Germaine R Halegoua and Germaine R. Halegoua

Key concepts, definitions, examples, and historical contexts for understanding smart cities, along with discussions of both drawbacks and benefits of this approach to urban problems.

Over the past ten years, urban planners, technology companies, and governments have promoted smart cities with a somewhat utopian vision of urban life made knowable and manageable through data collection and analysis. Emerging smart cities have become both crucibles...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262538059
• ISBN13: 9780262538053
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 4.9" x 6.9"