{"product_id":"dream-states-smart-cities-technology-and-the-pursuit-of-urban-utopias-9781552454282","title":"Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias","description":"\u003cb\u003eA look at 21st-century city-building. Is the utopian \"smart city\" within our grasp?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, and the tech industry that supplies smart city software and hardware is now worth hundreds of billions a year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut the ideas and approaches underpinning smart city tech raise tough and important questions about the future of urban communities, surveillance, automation, and public participation. The smart city era, moreover, belongs firmly in a longer historical narrative about cities -- one defined by utopian ideologies, architectural visions, and technological fantasies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSmart streetlights, water and air quality tracking, autonomous vehicles: with examples from all over the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Portland, and Chicago, \u003ci\u003eDream States\u003c\/i\u003e unpacks the world of smart city tech, but also situates this important shift in city-building into a broader story about why we still dream about perfect places. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"John Lorinc's incisive analysis in Dream States reminds us that the search for urban utopia is not new. Throughout the book, Lorinc underscores the fact that a gamut of urban innovations - from smart city megaprojects to e-government to pandemic preparedness tools - only provide promise when scrutinized together with the political, economic, social, and physical complexities of urban life.\" - Shauna Brail, University of Toronto\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias takes us on a fascinating journey across world cities to show how technology has shaped them in the past and how smart city technology will reshape them in the future. This book is essential reading for policy makers, researchers, and practitioners interested in understanding the opportunities and challenges of smart city technology and what it means for city building.\" - Enid Slack, University of Toronto School of Cities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Coach House Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/23\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781552454282\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288","brand":"John Lorinc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42253545996469,"sku":"9781552454282","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_c7eb73ae-434b-4807-b189-758af4a3d08c.jpg?v=1656387298","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dream-states-smart-cities-technology-and-the-pursuit-of-urban-utopias-9781552454282","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}