1st Edition

Smart and Sustainable Cities? Pipedreams, Practicalities and Possibilities

116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge

116 Pages
by Routledge

Smart cities promise to generate economic, social and environmental value through the seamless connection of urban services and infrastructure by digital technologies. However, there is scant evidence of how these activities can enhance social well-being and contribute to just and equitable communities. Smart and Sustainable Cities? Pipedreams, Practicalities and Possibilities provides one of... Read more

Introduction: Smart and sustainable cities? Pipedreams, practicalities and possibilities

James Evans, Andrew Karvonen, Andrés Luque-Ayala, Chris Martin, Kes McCormick, Rob Raven and Yuliya Voytenko Palgan

1. Thinking critically about smart city experimentation: entrepreneurialism and responsibilization in urban living labs

Anthony M. Levenda

2. The promise of smart grids

Heather Lovell

3. Smart meter data and equitable energy transitions – can cities play a role?

Jess Britton

4. Stretching "smart": advancing health and well-being through the smart city agenda

Gregory Trencher and Andrew Karvonen

5. Urban sharing in smart cities: the cases of Berlin and London

Lucie Zvolska, Matthias Lehner, Yuliya Voytenko Palgan, Oksana Mont and Andrius Plepys

6. Smart and eco-cities in India and China

Johanna I. Höffken and Agnes Limmer

Biography

James Evans is Professor of Geography at the University of Manchester, UK.

Andrew Karvonen is Associate Professor in the Division of Urban and Regional Studies at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden.

Andres Luque-Ayala is Associate Professor of Geography at Durham University, UK.

Chris Martin was formerly Research Associate in the Department of Geography at the University of Manchester, UK.

Kes McCormick is Associate Professor at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden.

Rob Raven is Professor at the Monash Sustainable Development Institute, Monash University, Australia.

Yuliya Voytenko Palgan is Associate Professor at the International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics (IIIEE), Lund University, Sweden.