What is today a Smart City? When the word appeared at the end of last century as an innovative concept, the world looked at technological innovation inside urban contexts with significant expectations. Innovation was, in fact, seen as the path for the improvement of citizens' life in cities. Since there and within a time frame of around twenty years, several experiences took place in Europe and in the world seeing a more or less consistent digital implementation or actions around the idea of smart city. Frequently, cities installed sensors, collected data, boosted the implementation of WiFi and broadband: in other world cities promoted digital technologies as enablers of change. What are the outcomes of these processes today? Is it already possible to draw conclusions and to verify the progress of these experiences? Eugeny Morozov and Francesca Bria addressed these questions with a highly critical analysis in their recent book Rethinking the Smart City published in Italy for Codice Edizioni (2018, pp.185).
Rethinking the Smart City
saveria boulanger
2018
Abstract
What is today a Smart City? When the word appeared at the end of last century as an innovative concept, the world looked at technological innovation inside urban contexts with significant expectations. Innovation was, in fact, seen as the path for the improvement of citizens' life in cities. Since there and within a time frame of around twenty years, several experiences took place in Europe and in the world seeing a more or less consistent digital implementation or actions around the idea of smart city. Frequently, cities installed sensors, collected data, boosted the implementation of WiFi and broadband: in other world cities promoted digital technologies as enablers of change. What are the outcomes of these processes today? Is it already possible to draw conclusions and to verify the progress of these experiences? Eugeny Morozov and Francesca Bria addressed these questions with a highly critical analysis in their recent book Rethinking the Smart City published in Italy for Codice Edizioni (2018, pp.185).I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
