Reacting to critiques that the smart city is overly technocratic and instrumental, companies
and cities have reframed their initiatives as 'citizen-centric'. However, what 'citizen …

This chapter provides an introduction to the smart city and engages with its idea and ideals
from a critical social science perspective. After setting out in brief the emergence of smart …

This paper offers an interpretive framework linking polycentric urban expansion in
emerging/frontier economies to the global extension of infrastructure networks. Drawing from …

Despite a great deal of attention paid to smart cities, the conceptual framework for
understanding them has been partial at best. This chapter establishes a holistic framework …

While there is a relatively extensive literature concerning the nature of smart cities in
general, the roles of corporate actors in their production and the development and …

The emergence of a 'digital divide'has recently emerged as a key inequality issue, with the
overall digital transformation of urban infrastructure and services through technological …

Governments and companies across the globe are promoting smart cities, and their
developments usually reflect both globally shared ideas and locally specific agendas and …

In contrast to the perception that mega-urban projects are the epitome of neoliberal
governance, in China they are initiated by the state as a state development strategy, which …

This book critically examines 'smart city'discourse in terms of governance initiatives, citizen
participation and policies which place emphasis on the 'citizen'as an active recipient and co …

So much has been said about Songdo City in recent years in both academic and practitioner
circles. International media has also taken part in inflating the reputation of Songdo City …