Suchergebnisse

1. The graphical performation of a public space : the subway signs and their scripts / Jerome Denis and David Pontille -- 2. The wall and the mobile phone : organizing, governing, resisting / Andrea Mubi Brighenti -- 3. Redefining the right to the city : representations of public space as part of the urban struggles / Stavros Stavrides -- 4. Hybrid cities : narratives of urban development and popular culture, the case of Medellin (Colombia) / Beatriz Acevedo and Ana Maria Carreira -- 5. Organizing urban space : tools, processes and public action / Lavinia Bifulco and Massimo Bricocoli -- 6. Public sphere in times of governance : public action, disputed building and local cultural system in a northern city of Italy / Vando Borghi and Claudia Meschiari -- 7. Transition, memory and narrations in the urban space : the case of East German cities / Barbara Gruning -- 8. Transforming spaces : translation as a practice that reveals changing e-motional structures in space / Daniela Allocca.

"In cities around the world, digital technologies are utilized to manage city services and infrastructures, govern urban life, solve urban issues, and to drive local and regional economies. While "smart city" advocates are keen to promote the benefits of smart urbanism - increased efficiency, sustainability, resilience, competitiveness, safety and security - critics point to the negative effects, such as the production of technocratic governance, the corporatisation of urban services, technological lock-ins, privacy harms, and vulnerability to cyberattack. This book, through a range of international case studies, suggests social, political and practical interventions that would enable more equitable and just smart cities, reaping the benefits of smart city initiatives while minimizing some of their perils. Included are case studies from Ireland, the United States of America, Colombia, The Netherlands, Singapore, India and the United Kingdom. These essays discuss a range of issues including political economy, citizenship, standards, testbedding, urban regeneration, ethics, surveillance, privacy and cybersecurity. This book will be of interest to urban policymakers, as well as researchers in Regional Studies and Urban Planning"--

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