The smart city in a digital world

• Main Author: Mosco, Vincent (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald Publishing Limited, 2019.
• Series: SocietyNow.
• Subjects: Smart cities.; Smart cities > Social aspects.; Cities and towns > Effect of technological innovations on > Citizen participation.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781787691353; 9781787691377
• DOI: 10.1108/9781787691353
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 263 pages) ; cm.

What makes a city smart? The Smart City in a Digital World takes on this question by describing, challenging, and offering democratic alternatives to the view that the answer begins and ends with technology. In the wake of the 2008 global financial meltdown, corporations converged on cities around t...