Smart about cities: visualizing the challenge for 21st century urbanism

Hajer, M.; Dassen, T.

Author: M. Hajer
T. Dassen
Year: 2014
Title: Smart about cities: visualizing the challenge for 21st century urbanism
Number of pages: 183
Publisher: Rotterdam: nai010 publishers
ISBN: 9789462081482
Document type: Book
Faculty: Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
Institute: Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR)
Abstract: The discourse on ‘Smart Cities’ is everywhere. It promises an era of innovative urban planning, driven by smart urban technologies that will make cities safer, cleaner and, above all, more efficient. Efficiency seems uncontroversial but does it make for great cities? In this book, Maarten Hajer, Director-general of PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and Ton Dassen, urban sustainability researcher at PBL, plea for a ‘smart urbanism’ instead of uncritically adopting ‘smart cities’.
Language: English
Note: Available in the university library
Permalink: http://hdl.handle.net/11245/1.461499

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