The Forgotten City
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The Forgotten City

Rethinking Digital Living for Our People and the Planet

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eBook - ePub

The Forgotten City

Rethinking Digital Living for Our People and the Planet

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About This Book

We all want cities, where more than half of the world's population currently live, to be just, successful, clean, fair, green, sustainable, safe, healthy and affordable. Will 'smart cities' help achieve these aspirations or undermine them in the time of COVID-19?Phil Allmendinger, a world expert on cities, development, and urban governance, takes a critical approach to the role of 'smart' in future cities and the relationship with city development. Considering how technology can support active citizenship, he challenges the commercial drivers of big tech and warns that these, not developments for 'social good', may dominate.Focusing on the dangers posed by social media, the platform economy and AI, he sets out what those making decisions on city development need to understand in order to save the planet through active politics and healthy cities.

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Publisher
Policy Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781447356042
Edition
1
Topic
Politics & International Relations
Subtopic
City Planning & Urban Development
Index
Politics & International Relations

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgements
  7. 1. A tale of two stories
  8. 2. The ‘smart city’ story
  9. 3. What happens when ‘smart’ comes to town
  10. 4. Unholy alliance: how government, academics and Big Tech are colluding in the takeover of our cities
  11. 5. Why we’re the problem (and the solution)
  12. 6. Our disconnected cities: what ‘smart’ should be about
  13. 7. Yesterday’s cities of the future
  14. 8. Why it’s different this time
  15. 9. Why bother to save the city?
  16. 10. Smart for cities: time for a new story
  17. Notes