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The ‘actually existing smart city’
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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.
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- Authors
- Shelton, T., Zook, M., & Wiig, A.
- Venue
- Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2014-10-27
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 13-25
- ISSN
- 1752-1378
- 1752-1386
- OpenAlex
- W3125181003
- Cited by
- 827
- References
- 4
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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