Beyond techno-utopia and its discontents: On the role of utopianism and speculative fiction in shaping alternatives to the smart city imaginary
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Existing smart cities remain disproportionately driven by economic interests and motives and thus lack the ability to address environmental (and social) concerns.
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- Authors
- Bina, O., Inch, A., & Pereira, L.
- Affiliations
- University of Sheffield (GB)
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- Corresponding author
- Pereira, Lavínia
- Venue
- Futures
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-01
- Volume
- 115
- Pages
- 102475
- ISSN
- 0016-3287 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2980800937
- Cited by
- 144
- References
- 79
- Citations by year
- 2026: 13 · 2025: 38 · 2024: 20 · 2023: 23 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 7
- FWCI
- 8.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Locations
- Futures (publishedVersion)
- White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (submittedVersion)
- Portuguese National Funding Agency for Science, Research and Technology (RCAAP Project by FCT) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- European Commission
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (SFRH/BPD/110582/2015)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Media Technology › Smart Cities and Technologies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Philosophy › Utopian, Dystopian, and Speculative Fiction
- Social Sciences › Urban Studies › Urban Planning and Governance
- Keywords
- techno-utopia, utopianism, speculative fiction, urban future, futures studies, critical urban studies, urban planning discourse
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