02847cam a2200349 i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007102000300008802000310011802000270014903500130017604000280018904200080021705000220022508200250024710000370027224500690030925000170037826400510039530000450044633600260049133700280051733800270054550400670057252015930063965000490223265000460228165000300232777601400235721129477OSt20251222124045.0190812s2020    nyua     b    001 0 eng    a  2019026398  a9780231184960q(hardback)  a9780231184977q(paperback)  z9780231545785q(ebook)  a21129477  aDLCbengcDLCerdadDLC  apcc00aHT153b.C583 202000a307.76 C583 20202231 aClark, Jennifer,d1972-eauthor.10aUneven innovation :bthe work of smart cities /cJennifer Clark.  a1st Edition. 1aNew York :bColumbia University Press,c[2020]  axiv, 311 pages :billustrations ;c22 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 267-293) and index.  a"The city of the future, we are told, is the smart city. By seamlessly integrating information and communication technologies into the provision and management of public services, such cities will enhance opportunity and bolster civic engagement. Smarter cities will bring in new revenue while saving money. They will be more of everything that a twenty-first century urban planner, citizen, and elected official wants: more efficient, more sustainable, and more inclusive. Is this true? In Uneven Innovation, Jennifer Clark considers the potential of these emerging technologies as well as their capacity to exacerbate existing inequalities and even produce new ones. She reframes the smart city concept within the trajectory of uneven development of cities and regions, as well as the long history of technocratic solutions to urban policy challenges. Clark argues that urban change driven by the technology sector is following the patterns that have previously led to imbalanced access, opportunities, and outcomes. The tech sector needs the city, yet it exploits and maintains unequal arrangements, embedding labor flexibility and precarity in the built environment. Technology development, Uneven Innovation contends, is the easy part; understanding the city and its governance, regulation, access, participation, and representation-all of which are complex and highly localized-is the real challenge. Clark's critique leads to policy prescriptions that present a path toward an alternative future in which smart cities result in more equitable communities"--cProvided by publisher. 0aCities and townsxTechnological innovations. 0aCity planningxTechnological innovations. 0aCities and townsxGrowth.08iOnline version:aClark, Jennifer,tUneven innovationb1e.dNew York : Columbia University Press, 2020.z9780231545785w(DLC) 2019026399