Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, And The Quest For A New Utopia by Anthony M. Townsend

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An unflinching look at the aspiring city-builders of our smart, mobile, connected future. From Beijing to Boston, cities are deploying smart technology―sensors embedded in streets and subways, Wi-Fi broadcast airports and green spaces―to address the basic challenges faced by massive, interconnected metropolitan centers. In Smart Cities, Anthony M. Townsend documents this emerging futuristic landscape while considering the motivations, aspirations, and shortcomings of the key actors―entrepreneurs, mayors, philanthropists, and software developers―at work in shaping the new urban frontier. Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Year: 2014 Binding: Paperback ISBN: 9780393349788 Condition: Good Description: Slightly stained, worn, tanned; annotated with pencil lines in a few spaces. Note: This image is from a stock photo and may differ from the actual cover. Show more