The Smart City in a Digital World

This book looks at what makes a city smart by describing, challenging, and offering democratic alternatives to the view that the answer begins and ends with technology. Drawing on worldwide case studies documenting the redevelopment of old and the creation of new cities, it provides an essential guide to the future of urban life in a digital world.

About the author

Vincent Mosco is Professor Emeritus, Queen's University, Canada where he held the Canada Research Chair in Communication and Society. He is also Distinguished Professor, New Media Centre, School of Journalism and Communication, Fudan University, Shanghai. Dr. Mosco is author or editor of 26 books and over 200 articles and book chapters on communication, technology, and society including The Digital Sublime, The Political Economy of Communication, To the Cloud: Big Data in a Turbulent World and Becoming Digital: Toward a Post-Internet Society.

Summary

This book looks at what makes a city smart by describing, challenging, and offering democratic alternatives to the view that the answer begins and ends with technology. Drawing on worldwide case studies documenting the redevelopment of old and the creation of new cities, it provides an essential guide to the future of urban life in a digital world.

Product details

• Authors: Professor Vincent Mosco, Vincent Mosco, Vincent (Queen's University Mosco
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9781787691384
• ISBN: 978-1-78769-138-4
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 309 g
• Series: Societynow; SocietyNow; SocietyNow Book Set (2016-2019)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries