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Smart and Sustainable Cities? Pipedreams, Practicalities and Possibilities provides one of the first examinations of how smart cities relate to environmental and social issues.
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Introduction: Smart and sustainable cities? Pipedreams, practicalities and possibilities
James Evans, Andrew Karvonen, Andrés Luque-Ayala, Chris Martin, Kes McCormick, Rob Raven and Yuliya Voytenko Palgan
1. Thinking critically about smart city experimentation: entrepreneurialism and responsibilization in urban living labs
Anthony M. Levenda
2. The promise of smart grids
Heather Lovell
3. Smart meter data and equitable energy transitions – can cities play a role?
Jess Britton
4. Stretching "smart": advancing health and well-being through the smart city agenda
Gregory Trencher and Andrew Karvonen
5. Urban sharing in smart cities: the cases of Berlin and London
Lucie Zvolska, Matthias Lehner, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Oksana Mont and Andrius Plepys
6. Smart and eco-cities in India and China
Johanna I. Höffken and Agnes Limmer
About the author
James Evans is Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester, UK.
Andrew Karvonen is Associate Professor in the Division of Urban and Regional Studies at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.
Andres Luque-Ayala is Associate Professor of Geography at Durham University, UK.
Chris Martin was formerly Research Associate in the Department of Geography at the University of Manchester, UK.
Kes McCormick is Associate Professor at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden.
Rob Raven is Professor at the Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Australia.
Yuliya Voytenko Palgan is Associate Professor at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden.
Summary
Smart and Sustainable Cities? Pipedreams, Practicalities and Possibilities provides one of the first examinations of how smart cities relate to environmental and social issues.
