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Title	The 'Actually Existing Smart City'
ID_Doc	54818
Authors	Shelton, T; Zook, M; Wiig, A
Year	2015
Published	CAMBRIDGE JOURNAL OF REGIONS ECONOMY AND SOCIETY, 8, 1
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/cjres/rsu026
Abstract	This paper grounds the critique of the 'smart city' in its historical and geographical context. Adapting Brenner and Theodore's notion of 'actually existing neoliberalism', we suggest a greater attention be paid to the 'actually existing smart city', rather than the exceptional or paradigmatic smart cities of Songdo, Masdar and Living PlanIT Valley. Through a closer analysis of cases in Louisville and Philadelphia, we demonstrate the utility of understanding the material effects of these policies in actual cities around the world, with a particular focus on how and from where these policies have arisen, and how they have unevenly impacted the places that have adopted them.
Author Keywords	data; economic development; governance; smart cities; urban studies

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