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Digital and Smart Cities presents an overview of how technologies
shape our cities. There is a growing awareness in the fields of
design and architecture of the need to address the way that
technology affects the urban condition. This book aims to give an
informative and definitive overview of the topic of digital and
smart cities. It explores the topic from a range of different
perspectives, both theoretical and historical, and through a range
of case studies of digital cities around the world. The approach
taken by the authors is to view the city as a socially constructed
set of activities, practices and organisations. This enables the
discussion to open up a more holistic and citizen- centred
understanding of how technology shapes urban change through the way
it is imagined, used, implemented and developed in a societal
context. By drawing together a range of currently quite disparate
discussions, the aim is to enable the reader to take their own
critical position within the topic. The book starts out with
definitions and sets out the various interpretations and aspects of
what constitutes and defines digital cities. The text then
investigates and considers the range of factors that shape the
characteristics of digital cities and draws together different
disciplinary perspectives into a coherent discussion. The
consideration of the different dimensions of the digital city is
backed up with a series of relevant case studies of global city
contexts in order to frame the discussion with real world examples.
Digital and Smart Cities presents an overview of how technologies
shape our cities. There is a growing awareness in the fields of
design and architecture of the need to address the way that
technology affects the urban condition. This book aims to give an
informative and definitive overview of the topic of digital and
smart cities. It explores the topic from a range of different
perspectives, both theoretical and historical, and through a range
of case studies of digital cities around the world. The approach
taken by the authors is to view the city as a socially constructed
set of activities, practices and organisations. This enables the
discussion to open up a more holistic and citizen- centred
understanding of how technology shapes urban change through the way
it is imagined, used, implemented and developed in a societal
context. By drawing together a range of currently quite disparate
discussions, the aim is to enable the reader to take their own
critical position within the topic. The book starts out with
definitions and sets out the various interpretations and aspects of
what constitutes and defines digital cities. The text then
investigates and considers the range of factors that shape the
characteristics of digital cities and draws together different
disciplinary perspectives into a coherent discussion. The
consideration of the different dimensions of the digital city is
backed up with a series of relevant case studies of global city
contexts in order to frame the discussion with real world examples.
Since the late 1990s, Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs) have been hailed as a potentially revolutionary feature of
the planning and management of Western cities. Economic
regeneration and place promotion strategies have exploited these
new technologies; city management has experimented with
electronically distributed services, and participation in public
life and democratic decision-making processes can be made more
flexible by the use of ICTs. All of these technological initiatives
have often been presented and accessed via an urban front-end
information site known as 'digital city' or 'city network.'
Illustrated by a range of European case studies, this volume
examines the social, political and management issues and potential
problems in the establishment of an electronic layer of information
and services in cities. The book provides a better understanding of
the direction European cities are going towards in the
implementation of ICTs in the urban arena.
There have been numerous possible scenarios depicted on the impact
of the internet on urban spaces. Considering ubiquitous/pervasive
computing, mobile, wireless connectivity and the acceptance of the
Internet as a non-extraordinary part of our everyday lives mean
that physical urban space is augmented, and digital in itself. This
poses new problems as well as opportunities to those who have to
deal with it. This book explores the intersection and articulation
of physical and digital environments and the ways they can extend
and reshape a spirit of place. It considers this from three main
perspectives: the implications for the public sphere and urban
public or semi-public spaces; the implications for community
regeneration and empowerment; and the dilemmas and challenges which
the augmentation of space implies for urbanists. Grounded with
international real -life case studies, this is an up-to-date,
interdisciplinary and holistic overview of the relationships
between cities, communities and high technologies.
Since the late 1990s, Information and Communication Technologies
(ICTs) have been hailed as a potentially revolutionary feature of
the planning and management of Western cities. Economic
regeneration and place promotion strategies have exploited these
new technologies; city management has experimented with
electronically distributed services, and participation in public
life and democratic decision-making processes can be made more
flexible by the use of ICTs. All of these technological initiatives
have often been presented and accessed via an urban front-end
information site known as 'digital city' or 'city network.'
Illustrated by a range of European case studies, this volume
examines the social, political and management issues and potential
problems in the establishment of an electronic layer of information
and services in cities. The book provides a better understanding of
the direction European cities are going towards in the
implementation of ICTs in the urban arena.
The Routledge Companion to Smart Cities explores the question of
what it means for a city to be 'smart', raises some of the tensions
emerging in smart city developments and considers the implications
for future ways of inhabiting and understanding the urban
condition. The volume draws together a critical and
cross-disciplinary overview of the emerging topic of smart cities
and explores it from a range of theoretical and empirical
viewpoints. This timely book brings together key thinkers and
projects from a wide range of fields and perspectives into one
volume to provide a valuable resource that would enable the reader
to take their own critical position within the topic. To situate
the topic of the smart city for the reader and establish key
concepts, the volume sets out the various interpretations and
aspects of what constitutes and defines smart cities. It
investigates and considers the range of factors that shape the
characteristics of smart cities and draws together different
disciplinary perspectives. The consideration of what shapes the
smart city is explored through discussing three broad 'parts' -
issues of governance, the nature of urban development and how
visions are realised - and includes chapters that draw on empirical
studies to frame the discussion with an understanding not just of
the nature of the smart city but also how it is studied, understood
and reflected upon. The Companion will appeal to academics and
advanced undergraduates and postgraduates from across many
disciplines including Urban Studies, Geography, Urban Planning,
Sociology and Architecture, by providing state of the art reviews
of key themes by leading scholars in the field, arranged under
clearly themed sections.
Shaping Smart for Better Cities powerfully demonstrates the range
of theoretical and practical challenges, opportunities and success
factors involved in successfully deploying digital technologies in
cities, focusing on the importance of recognizing local context and
multi-layered urban relationships in designing successful urban
interventions. The first section, 'Rethinking Smart (in) Places'
interrogates the smart city from a theoretical vantage point. The
second part, 'Shaping Smart Places' examines various case studies
critically. Hence the volume offers an intellectual resource that
expands on the current literature, but also provides a pedagogical
resource to universities as well as a reflective opportunity for
practitioners. The cases allow for an examination of the practical
implications of smart interventions in space, whilst the
theoretical reflections enable expansion of the literature.
Students are encouraged to learn from case studies and apply that
learning in design. Academics will gain from the learning embedded
in the documentation of the case studies in different geographic
contexts, while practitioners can apply their learning to the
conceptualisation of new forms of technology use.
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