Smart and Sustainable Cities?

Pipedreams, Practicalities and Possibilities

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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Smart cities promise to generate economic, social and environmental value through the seamless connection of urban services and infrastructure by digital technologies. However, there is scant evidence of how these activities can enhance social well-being and contribute to just and equitable communities.Smart and Sustainable Cities? Pipedreams, Practicalities and Possibilities provides one of the first examinations of how smart cities relate to environmental and social issues. It addresses the gap between the ambitious visions of smart cities and the actual practices on the ground by focusing on the social and environmental dimensions of real smart city initiatives as well as the possibilities they hold for creating more equitable and progressive cities. Through detailed analyses of case studies in the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany, India and China, the contributors describe the various ways that social and environmental issues are interpreted and integrated into smart city initiatives and actions. The findings point towards the need for more intentional engagement and collaboration with all urban stakeholders in the design, development and maintenance of smart cities to ensure that everyone benefits from the increasingly digitalised urban environments of the twenty-first century.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal Local Environment.

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Utgivningsdatum:2020-12-24
Mått:174 x 246 x 7 mm
Vikt:480 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:108
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780367636807

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James Evans is Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester, UK.Andrew Karvonen is Associate Professor in the Division of Urban and Regional Studies at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.Andres Luque-Ayala is Associate Professor of Geography at Durham University, UK.Chris Martin was formerly Research Associate in the Department of Geography at the University of Manchester, UK.Kes McCormick is Associate Professor at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden.Rob Raven is Professor at the Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Australia.Yuliya Voytenko Palgan is Associate Professor at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden.

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Introduction: Smart and sustainable cities? Pipedreams, practicalities and possibilitiesJames Evans, Andrew Karvonen, Andrés Luque-Ayala, Chris Martin, Kes McCormick, Rob Raven and Yuliya Voytenko Palgan1. Thinking critically about smart city experimentation: entrepreneurialism and responsibilization in urban living labsAnthony M. Levenda2. The promise of smart gridsHeather Lovell3. Smart meter data and equitable energy transitions – can cities play a role?Jess Britton4. Stretching "smart": advancing health and well-being through the smart city agendaGregory Trencher and Andrew Karvonen 5. Urban sharing in smart cities: the cases of Berlin and LondonLucie Zvolska, Matthias Lehner, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Oksana Mont and Andrius Plepys 6. Smart and eco-cities in India and ChinaJohanna I. Höffken and Agnes Limmer