Kuntsman / Xin Digital Technologies, Smart Cities, and the Environment

In the Ruins of Broken Promises
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-5292-3715-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm

The concept of smart cities holds environmental promises: that digital technologies will reduce carbon emissions, air pollution and waste, and help address climate change.

Drawing on academic scholarship and two case studies from Manchester and Helsinki, this timely and accessible book examines what happens when these promises are broken, as they prioritise technological innovation rather than environmental care. The book reveals that smart cities’ vision of sustainable digital future obfuscates the environmental harms and social injustices that digitisation inflicts. The framework of “broken promises”, coined by the authors, centres environmental questions in analysing imaginaries and practices of smart cities.

This is a must read for anyone interested in the connections between digital technologies and environment justice.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuntsman, Adi

Xin, Liu

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Nachhaltigkeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Wissenssoziologie, Wissenschaftssoziologie, Techniksoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik EDV & Informatik Allgemein Soziale und ethische Aspekte der EDV
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Angewandte Ethik & Soziale Verantwortung Wissenschaftsethik, Technikethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Bereichsspezifisches Management Betriebliches Energie- und Umweltmanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: How Do We Think About Smart Cities?

1. Smart Cities, Digitisation, and the Environment

2. Helsinki, Kalasatama District

3. Manchester

Conclusion: In the Ruins of Broken Promises

Über Autor(innen)

Xin, Liu
Liu Xin is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Karlstad.

Kuntsman, Adi
Adi Kuntsman is Reader in Digital Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Adi Kuntsman is Reader in Digital Politics at Manchester Metropolitan University.

Liu Xin is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Gender Studies at the University of Karlstad.