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The longevity of our urban buildings and streetscapes means that they will need to perform to a satisfactory standard in a context of climate change, with an increasing propensity for higher temperatures and extreme weather events accentuated by the urban heat island. Research funded to explore future climate in cities is frequently required to work directly with stakeholders to co-produce useful knowledge and tools. This study considers the relationship between a suite of projects linking future climate to the city, neighbourhood and building scales and the policy contexts of London and Manchester. It is contended that successful knowledge translation is aided by multi-scalar, strategic approaches to urban climate, and on the clear designation of the desired policy outcomes and supporting evidence and resources required. This, in turn, highlights the role of sustained government support for city-region spatial planning and building standards to facilitate successful translation into policies.

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- 1. Creating smart cities -- Introduction -- The political economy of smart cities -- Smart cities, citizenship and ethics -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- References -- PART I: The political economy of smart cities -- 2. A Digital Deal for the smart city: Participation, protection, progress -- Introduction -- Smart governance: Austerity and accumulation -- Austerity -- Accumulation -- A programme for alternative smart urbanism -- Snapshot: The Digital Deal -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3. Politicising smart city standards -- Introduction -- What do smart city standards standardise and why? -- Orders of meaning and action -- Reconfiguring the field of possibilities -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 4. Urban revitalization through automated policing and "smart" surveillance in Camden, New Jersey -- Introduction: From industrial collapse to economic revitalization -- The evolution of policing practices -- Securing the city through automated surveillance -- Conclusion: Who benefits from the surveilling of Camden? -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 5. Can urban "miracles" be engineered in laboratories? Turning Medellín into a model city for the Global South -- Introduction -- From entrepreneurial to experimental cities: Urban exemplars and innovation in the social sciences -- Innovation as an "engine for development" -- Assembling economic performance and social inclusiveness through urban experiments -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 6. Building smart city partnerships in the "Silicon Docks" -- Introduction -- Selective modernity and urban decline -- The Dublin Docklands becomes a national signifier.

This book uses an international perspective and draws on a wide range of new conceptual and empirical material to examine the sources of conflict and cooperation within the different landscapes of knowledge that are driving contemporary urban change. Based on the premise that historically established systems of regulation and control are being subject to unprecedented pressures, scholars critically reflect on the changing role of planning and governance in sustainable urban development, looking at how a shift in power relations between expert and local cultures in western planning processes has blurred the traditional boundaries between public, private and voluntary sectors