Clark Uneven Innovation

The Work of Smart Cities
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-0-231-54578-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

Jennifer Clark reframes the smart city concept within the trajectory of uneven development of cities and regions, as well as the long history of technocratic solutions to urban policy challenges. She considers the potential of emerging technologies as well as their capacity to exacerbate existing inequalities and even produce new ones.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clark, Jennifer

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Regional- & Raumplanung Stadtplanung, Kommunale Planung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Uneven Innovation: The Evolution of the Urban Technology Project
2. Smart Cities as Solutions
3. Smart Cities as Emerging Markets
4. Smart Cities as the New Urban Entrepreneurship
5. Smart Cities as Urban Innovation Networks
6. Smart Cities as Participatory Planning
7. Smart Cities as the New Uneven Development
8. Conclusions: The Local Is (Not) the Enemy
Epilogue: The View from Inside the Urban Innovation Project
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jennifer Clark is professor and head of the City and Regional Planning Section at the Knowlton School of Architecture in the College of Engineering at the Ohio State University. Her previous books include Remaking Regional Economies: Power, Labor, and Firm Strategies in the Knowledge Economy (with Susan Christopherson, 2007) and Working Regions: Reconnecting Innovation and Production in the Knowledge Economy (2013).