Digital (In)justice in the Smart City
Debra Mackinnon editor Ryan Burns editor Victoria Fast editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:University of Toronto Press
Published:8th Feb '23
Should be back in stock very soon
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Hardback£72.00(9781487527150)
In the contemporary moment, smart citieshave become the dominant paradigm for urban planning and administration, which involves weaving the urban fabric with digital technologies. Recently, however, the promises of smart cities have been gradually supplanted by recognition of their inherent inequalities, and scholars are increasingly working to envision alternative smart cities.
Informed by these pressing challenges, Digital (In)Justice in the Smart City foregrounds discussions of how we should think of and work towards urban digital justice in the smart city. It provides a deep exploration of the sources of injustice that percolate throughout a range of sociotechnical assemblages, and it questions whether working towards more just, sustainable, liveable, and egalitarian cities requires that we look beyond the limitations of "smartness" altogether. The book grapples with how geographies impact smart city visions and roll-outs, on the one hand, and how (unjust) geographies are produced in smart pursuits, on the other. Ultimately, Digital (In)Justice in the Smart City envisions alternative cities – smart or merely digital – and outlines the sorts of roles that the commons, utopia, and the law might take on in our conceptions and realizations of better cities.
ISBN: 9781487527167
Dimensions: 229mm x 152mm x 25mm
Weight: 580g
444 pages