LEADER 04022nam 22005295 450 001 9910370058703321 005 20251113204902.0 010 $a9783030298005 010 $a3030298000 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-030-29800-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000009590451 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5962852 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-030-29800-5 035 $a(Perlego)3491220 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009590451 100 $a20191016d2020 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aCities and the Digital Revolution $eAligning technology and humanity /$fby Zaheer Allam 205 $a1st ed. 2020. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer International Publishing :$cImprint: Palgrave Pivot,$d2020. 215 $a1 online resource (148 pages) 311 08$a9783030297992 311 08$a3030297993 327 $aForeword ? By Robert J. Marks II -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Data as the New Driving Gears of Urbanisation -- Chapter 2: Urban Chaos and the AI Messiah -- Chapter 3: Digital Urban Networks and Social Media -- Chapter 4: Privatisation and Privacy in the Digital City -- Chapter 5: On Culture, Global Cities and Technology -- Conclusion. 330 $aThis book explores the emergence and development of data in cities. It exposes how Information Communication Technology (ICT) corporations seeking to capitalize on cities developing needs for urban technologies have contributed to many of the issues we are faced with today, including urbanization, centralization of wealth and climate change. Using several case studies, the book provides examples of the, in part, detrimental effects ICT driven ?Smart City? solutions have had and will have on the human characteristics that contribute to the identity and sense of belonging innate to many of our cities. The rise in Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, and technologies like social media, has changed how people interact with and in cities, and Allam discusses of how these changes require planners, engineers and other urban professionals to adjust their approach. The main question the book seeks to address is ?how can we use emerging technologies to recalibrate ourcities and ensure increased livability, whilst also effectively dealing with their associate challenges?? This is an ongoing conversation, but one that requires extensive thought as it has extensive consequences. This book will be of interest to students, academics, professionals and policy makers across a broad range of subjects including urban studies, architecture and STS, geography and social policy. Zaheer Allam is based in Mauritius and works as an Urban Strategist for the Port Louis Development Initiative (PLDI) and the Global Creative Leadership Initiative. He received his PhD from Curtin University, Australia, holds an MBA from Anglia Ruskin University, UK and a Bachelor of Applied Science in Architectural Science from Curtin University, Australia. Zaheer is the African Representative of the International Society of Biourbanism (ISB) and a member of the Advisory Circle of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA). He was elevated, by the President of Mauritius, to the rank of Officer of the Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean (OSK); the highest distinct order of Merit in Mauritius. 606 $aScience$xSocial aspects 606 $aSociology, Urban 606 $aScience and Technology Studies 606 $aUrban Sociology 615 0$aScience$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aSociology, Urban. 615 14$aScience and Technology Studies. 615 24$aUrban Sociology. 676 $a307.76 676 $a307.76 700 $aAllam$b Zaheer$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$0861409 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910370058703321 996 $aCities and the Digital Revolution$92032286 997 $aUNINA