The Smart Enough City Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future

• Main Author: Green, Ben (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge The MIT Press 2019
• Series: Strong Ideas
• Subjects: Urban & municipal planning; Impact of science & technology on society; City & town planning - architectural aspects; smart cities; technology; machine learning; innovation; urban; apps; artificial intelligence; democracy; urban design; criminal justice; policing; politics; social change; technological determinism
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Why technology is not an end in itself, and how cities can be "smart enough," using technology to promote democracy and equity. Smart cities, where technology is used to solve every problem, are hailed as futuristic urban utopias. We are promised that apps, algorithms, and artificial intel...