The Digital City and Mediated Urban Ecologies

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The Digital City and Mediated Urban Ecologies
Author : Kristin Scott
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Publisher : Springer
Language : English
Release Date : 28 October 2016
ISBN : 9783319391731
Pages : 189 pages
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This book examines the phenomenon of the “digital city” in the US by looking at three case studies: New York City, San Antonio, and Seattle. Kristin Scott considers how digital technologies are increasingly built into the logic and organization of urban spaces and argues that while each city articulates ideals such as those of open democracy, civic engagement, efficient governance, and enhanced security, competing capitalist interests attached to many of these digital technological programs make the “digital city” problematic.

The Digital City and Mediated Urban Ecologies

This book examines the phenomenon of the “digital city” in the US by looking at three case studies: New York City, San Antonio, and Seattle. Kristin Scott considers how digital technologies are increasingly built into the logic and organization of urban spaces and argues that while each city articulates ideals

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