Who’s Smart? Whose City? The Sociopolitics of Urban Intelligence

摘要: Visions of the “smart city” are becoming reality, translated from realm concepts into actual urban space. Proponents smart city technologies invoke their potential to free us drudgery life and solve our environmental problems. But can cities” save us? There has been long-standing resistance scientific, positivist basis for planning. What happens when intelligent plans encounter messy politics, social systems, divergent scales governance? This paper explores promises stated rationale, grounds a review theoretical paradigms with new empirical research in Singapore London. I present two key findings: First, there is no one city,” even within city. Second, differences ideologies governance across cities have significant impact on way that actors frame priorities objectives around role technologies. Finally, speculate ways networked systems might enable empower transformative