Essays about: "Smart Urbanism"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Smart Urbanism.
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1. From Smart to Shrewd: Provincializing “Smart” Urbanism through the Heterogenous Infrastructure of Waste Work in Kibera and Mathare, Nairobi
University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknikAbstract : Urban global waste generation has been growing at alarming rates and innovative sustainable solid waste management is considered vital to addressing the waste crisis. The vision to achieve this globally has mostly been taken its inspiration from cities in the Global North. READ MORE
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2. Citizens resisting Smart Cities’ initiatives : The case of Concepción (Chile) and the R+D PACYT project.
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : Parque Científico y Tecnológico (PACYT, Science and Technology Park) is a large-scale R+D project that seems to be framed in a Smart City plan for Concepción, Chile, which the media has presented as “the Chilean Silicon Valley” (Araus, 2015; Tele13, 2019) and promises to bring not only research and development opportunities for the city but also thousands of direct and indirect jobs (Estudio Interdiseño, 2018; la Tercera, 2015) carried out by PACYT Corporation. Nonetheless, voices have raised to question the construction of the 91 hectares initiative, and some of them have even organized in citizen groups targeting the creation of the urban complex, which actively share information contesting the PACYT through social media, and coordinate activities to protest and spread the word. READ MORE
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3. Imagining Public Space in Smart Cities: a Visual Inquiry on the Quayside Project by Sidewalk Toronto
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Recently, the ‘Smart City’ label has emerged as a popular umbrella term for numerous projects around the world that claim to offer an enhanced urban experience, often provided in collaboration with international companies through private-public partnerships. As smart cities pledge to create long-term economic sustainability and progressive form of urban entrepreneurialism, it is getting important to highlight risks such as the reduced role of the public sector, technological dominance and data privacy. READ MORE
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4. The Smart City Transition as a Niche Experiment - A Case Study of Copenhagen's Technological Transition
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : This dissertation investigates how the concept of 'smart city' is made operational and governable through place-based interventions in the Danish Capital, Copenhagen. In this way, I seek to demonstrate the complexity of the smart city concept and the ways these policies are implemented in an existing city, instead of grounding the critique in universally idealized but often unrealized grand visions. READ MORE
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5. Densification beyond city centres : A socioeconomic investigation of the densification process in Lundby, Gothenburg
University essay from Umeå universitet/KulturgeografiAbstract : Contemporary urban planning for the past decades has concentrated on sustainable development, for instance through the promotion of dense development (Echenique et al., 2012). READ MORE
