Rethinking Smart Cities [Hardback]

In a world where the future of our cities is increasingly intertwined with technology, Rethinking Smart Cities serves as a beacon of critical thinking and innovation. The book is a must-read for next generation researchers to know the state of the arts and can be an eye-opener to decision makers, urban planners, and other practitioners. It challenges us to consider not only how smart our cities are but also how smartly we build and govern them. -- Md Atikul Khalid, Journal of Urban Affairs 'Rethinking Smart Cities offers a refreshing and insightful survey of the increasingly popular concept of smart cities It surveys the concepts evolution before critiquing the scope and offering contemporary warnings about the biases and assumptions embedded in this idea that is pervading much of our Western-informed city and regional planning literature and practice today.' -- David S Jones, Monash University and Griffith University, Australia In the post-COVID world, humanity needs new models of understanding positive urbanization such as the 15-minute city. Allam and Takun argue for using technology to implement the human-scale city, not to replace it with a totalitarian dystopia. Massive collection of data can be used either to enhance the human experience, or to control the population. -- Nikos A. Salingaros, The University of Texas at San Antonio, US