Article
Technocratic Values and Uneven Development in the “Smart City"
Metropolitics/Metropolitiques
(2016)
Abstract
In the US, the idea of “smart cities” is coming to dominate federal government involvement in, and funding for, urban places. But the smart cities approach, which focuses on using digital applications to promote efficiency, competitiveness, and citizen participation in governance, raises questions about technocentrism in the reproduction of inequality and socio-spatial fragmentation.
Keywords
- smart cities,
- uneven development
Publication Date
Spring May, 2016
Citation Information
Shelton, Taylor and Jennifer Clark. (2016). Technocratic Values and Uneven Development in the ‘Smart City.’ Metropolitics/Metropolitiques. Center for Urban Research at the City University of New York Graduate Center. New York.