The Smart Enough City
Putting Technology in Its Place to Reclaim Our Urban Future
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- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
18 February 2020
Summary
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 intelligence will relieve congestion, restore democracy, prevent crime, and improve public services. In The Smart Enough City, Ben Green warns against seeing the city only through the lens of technology; taking an…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262538961 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262538962 |
| Author: | Ben Green, Jascha Franklin-Hodge |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 18 February 2020 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 14mm |
| Series: | Strong Ideas |
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About The Author
Ben Green
Ben Green is an Affiliate and former Fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University and a PhD candidate in Applied Mathematics at Harvard’s John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. From 2016 to 2017 he was a Data Scientist in the City of Boston’s Department of Innovation and Technology.
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