Smart City Gnosys

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Title	Smart City: Neoliberal Discourse Or Urban Development Tool?
ID_Doc	50653
Authors	Odendaal N.
Year	2016
Published	The Palgrave Handbook of International Development
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-42724-3_34
Abstract	The relationship between technology and development is addressed in many development discourses. Framed as an impetus to modernisation, progress and economic development, it has generally been seen from a determinist perspective that overstates the progressive qualities of technological innovation. Technologically determinist notions tend towards a top-down approach that favours the ‘if you build it, they will come’ notion of technology-led policy. The ‘smart city’ discourse has not really been considered in the development studies literature, but provides interesting insights into the relationship between cities, technology and social development. Often these initiatives are associated with other objectives, such as improved and more democratic governance as represented by e-governance initiatives. This chapter considers the trajectory of smart city debates and considers whether its social development promises are merely that, marketing language for city ‘potentials’, or does provide a meaningful frame for empowerment and progress. © The Editor(s) and The Author(s) 2016.
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