Technology and the City: Systems, applications and implications

Description

The interplay between smart urban technologies and city development is a relatively uncharted territory. Technology and the City aims to fill that gap, exploring the growing importance of smart technologies and systems in contemporary cities, and providing an in-depth understanding of both theoretical and practical aspects of smart urban technology adoption, and its implications for our cities. Beginning with an elaboration of the historical significance of technologies in economic growth, social progress and urban development, Yigitcanlar introduces the most prominent smart urban information technologies. The book showcases significant smart city practices from across the globe that uses smart urban technologies and systems most effectively. It explores the role of these technologies and asks how they can be adopted into the planning, development and management processes of cities for sustainable urban futures. This pioneering volume contributes to the conceptualisation and practice of smart technology and system adoption in our cities by disseminating both conceptual and empirical research findings with real-world best practice applications. With a multidisciplinary approach to themes of technology and urban development, this book is a key reference source for scholars, practitioners, consultants, city officials, policymakers and urban technology enthusiasts. Technology and the City- Front Cover Technology and the City Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Contents List of figures List of tables About the author About the author of the foreword About the author of the afterword Foreword Capturing the state-of-the-art on smart cities Smart city rankings Future internet developments The triple helix of smart cities The new version of the triple helix Towards a minimal theory Getting beyond the rhetoric References Acknowledgements PART I: Background Chapter 1: Introduction Theoretical and practical underpinnings Rationale and scope Organisation of the book Chapter 2: A historical perspective on technology and urbanisation Introduction The pre-industrial era The industrial era The post-industrial era Summary PART II: Systems Chapter 3: Smart urban information technologies Introduction Infrastructural information technologies Locational and sensing technologies Ubiquitous computing and augmented reality technologies Convergence technologies Summary Chapter 4: Smart urban systems Introduction Smart urban transport systems Smart urban grid systems Smart urban water and waste systems Smart urban emergency and safety systems Smart urban participatory decision systems Summary PART III: Applications Chapter 5: Smart cities in practice Introduction Smart city initiatives from South East Asia Smart city initiatives from Europe Smart city initiatives from the Middle East Smart city initiatives from North and South America Smart city initiatives from Oceania Summary PART IV: Implications Chapter 6: Magnitudes of smart technology applications for cities Introduction Economic development in smart cities Sociocultural development in smart cities Spatial development in smart cities Institutional development in smart cities Summary Chapter 7: Prospects of smart technology applications for cities Introduction Future of life on planet Earth Future of smart technologies Future of smart cities Summary Afterword The volatile landscape of smart cities The evolving digital space of cities Smart cities and digital disruption of innovation systems The disruption of urban systems Towards smart urban futures Index