Nancy Odendaal

Disrupted Urbanism (eBook, ePUB)

Situated Smart Initiatives in African Cities

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The 'smart city' is often promoted as a technology-driven solution to complex urban issues. While commentators are increasingly critical of techno-optimistic narratives, the political imagination is dominated by claims that technical solutions can be uniformly applied to intractable problems. This book provides a much-needed alternative view, exploring how 'home-grown' digital disruption, driven and initiated by local actors, upends the mainstream corporate narrative. Drawing on original research conducted in a range of urban African settings, Odendaal shows how these initiatives can lead to meaningful change. This is a valuable resource for scholars working in the intersection of science and technology studies, urban and economic geography and sociology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bristol University Press
• Seitenzahl: 176
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Januar 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529218589
• Artikelnr.: 70256638

Autorenporträt

Nancy Odendaal is Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics at the University of Cape Town.