This book provides a critical review of the relations between telecommunications and all aspects of city development and management. Drawing on a range of theoretical approaches and a wide body of recent research, the book addresses key academic and policy debates about technological change and the future of cities with a fresh perspective.
This book provides a critical review of the relations between telecommunications and all aspects of city development and management. Drawing on a rang...
Two defining processes shape our age: the urbanization of our planet and the uneven connections of globalization. Both are underpinned by radical transformations of networked infrastructures: telecommunications, transport, energy, water, and even urban streets. Splintering Urbanism offers an analysis of the contemporary urban condition through the lens of such infrastructure networks. It develops an international and interdisciplinary analysis of the complex interactions between infrastructure networks, new technologies, and contemporary urban spaces. The text offers a perspective on:...
Two defining processes shape our age: the urbanization of our planet and the uneven connections of globalization. Both are underpinned by radical tran...
Cities can only exist because of the highly developed systems which underlie them, ensuring that energy, clean water, etc. are moved efficiently from producer to user, and that waste is removed. The urgent need to make the way that these services are provided more environmentally, socially and economically sustainable means that these systems are in a state of transition; from centralized to decentralized energy; from passive to smart infrastructure; from toll-free to road pricing. Such transitions are widely studied in the context of the influence of service providers, users, and...
Cities can only exist because of the highly developed systems which underlie them, ensuring that energy, clean water, etc. are moved efficiently fr...
