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Disrupted Urbanism

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Zusammenfassung

The ‘smart city’ is often promoted as a technology-driven solution to complex urban issues. Drawing on original research conducted in urban African settings, this book provides a much-needed alternative view, exploring how ‘home-grown’ digital disruption, driven and initiated by local actors, upending the mainstream corporate narrative.

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Disrupted Urbanism by Nancy Odendaal

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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Nancy Odendaal is Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics at the University of Cape Town.
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ISBN 13 9781529218572
ISBN 10 1529218578
Titel Disrupted Urbanism
Autor Nancy Odendaal
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Bindungsart Paperback
Verlag Bristol University Press
Erscheinungsjahr 2023-01-16
Seitenanzahl 176
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