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Warns of the hidden agendas behind Smart City technologies
Addresses questions around urbanisation and big data in cities
Explores the ways technology has changed the ways cities work
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Table of contents (5 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
The rise in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and technologies like social media, has changed how people interact with and in cities, and Allam discusses of how these changes require planners, engineers and other urban professionals to adjust their approach. The main question the book seeks to address is ‘how can we use emerging technologies to recalibrate our cities and ensure increased livability, whilst also effectively dealing with their associate challenges?’ This is an ongoing conversation, but one that requires extensive thought as it has extensive consequences. This book will be of interest to students, academics, professionals and policy makers across a broad range of subjects including urban studies, architecture and STS, geography and social policy.
Authors and Affiliations
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The Port Louis Development Initiative (PLDI), Port Louis, Mauritius
Zaheer Allam
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Cities and the Digital Revolution
Book Subtitle: Aligning technology and humanity
Authors: Zaheer Allam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-29800-5
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-29799-2Published: 28 October 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-29800-5Published: 16 October 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 132
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 18 illustrations in colour
Topics: Science and Technology Studies, Urban Studies/Sociology, Urban Geography / Urbanism (inc. megacities, cities, towns)