The Platform Economy and the Smart City - Technology and the Transformation of Urban Policy

Innovative technologies promise a brave new world of convenience and cost effectiveness - powered by cameras that monitor our movements, sensors that line our streets, and algorithms that determine our resource allocation - but at what cost? The first collection of its kind, this groundbreaking volume brings together social, economic, and cultural insights to enhance our understanding of the ongoing technological upheaval in cities around the world.

About the author

Austin Zwick is assistant teaching professor and assistant director of the Policy Studies undergraduate program at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Zachary Spicer is director of research and outreach with the Institute of Public Administration of Canada.

Product details

• Assisted by: Zachary Spicer (Editor), Austin Zwick (Editor)
• Publisher: Mcgill-Queen's University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9780228006732
• ISBN: 978-0-228-00673-2
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 235 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 624 g
• Illustrations: 13 diagrams, 10 tables
• Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in Urban Governance
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education