Smart cities: Between worlding and provincialising

Ryan Burns, Victoria Fast, Anthony Levenda and Byron Miller
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Ryan Burns: University of Calgary, Canada
Victoria Fast: University of Calgary, Canada
Anthony Levenda: University of Oklahoma, USA
Byron Miller: University of Calgary, Canada

Urban Studies, 2021, vol. 58, issue 3, 461-470

Abstract: We introduce key concepts that have guided the diverse case studies of this special issue on smart cities. Calling into question Global North conceptions of the smart city, nine different articles analyse smart city projects around the world, with particular attention paid to the need to provincialise our understanding of these projects as well as to consider their relationship to worlding strategies. These case studies demonstrate the diversity of what smart cities can be and the need to consider, through comparative analysis, the broader power geometries in which they are imbedded.

Keywords: case studies; comparative analysis; provincialising; smart cities; worlding; æ¡ˆä¾‹ç ”ç©¶; 比较分æž; 地方化; 智慧城市; 世界化 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/0042098020975982

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