03510nam a22003017a 4500001000400000003000500004005001700009008004100026020003900067020002400106020002300130040003400153082001900187100002700206245009800233264003900331264001100370300002300381336002100404337002500425338002300450500002000473520261800493650004603111650001703157650001703174650001703191934MBIP20250415103241.0250206b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d a9781552454282cPaperbackqRM 86.15 a9781770566804cEPUB a9781770566811cPDF aMBIPbengcMBIPdNFdIZFerda04223a307.1bJOH1 aLorinc, John,eauthor.10aDream States :bSmart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias /cby John Lorinc. 1aCanada :bCoach House Books,c2022 4a©2022 a286 pages :c22 cm 2rdacontentatext 2rdamediaaunmediated 2rdacarrieravolume aincludes index. aWINNER OF THE 2022 WRITERS' TRUST BALSILLIE PRIZE FOR PUBLIC POLICY SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2022 DONNER BOOK PRIZE WINNER OF THE PATTIS FAMILY FOUNDATION GLOBAL CITIES BOOK AWARD Is the 'smart city' the utopia we've been waiting for? The promise of the so-called smart city has been at the forefront of urban planning and development since the early 2010s, and the tech industry that supplies smart city software and hardware is now worth hundreds of billions a year. But the ideas and approaches underpinning smart city tech raise tough and important questions about the future of urban communities, surveillance, automation, and public participation. The smart city era, moreover, belongs firmly in a longer historical narrative about cities -- one defined by utopian ideologies, architectural visions, and technological fantasies. Smart streetlights, water and air quality tracking, autonomous vehicles: with examples from all over the world, including New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Portland, and Chicago, Dream States unpacks the world of smart city tech, but also situates this important shift in city-building into a broader story about why we still dream about perfect places. "John Lorinc's incisive analysis in Dream States reminds us that the search for urban utopia is not new. Throughout the book, Lorinc underscores the fact that a gamut of urban innovations - from smart city megaprojects to e-government to pandemic preparedness tools - only provide promise when scrutinized together with the political, economic, social, and physical complexities of urban life." - Shauna Brail, Uni"Dream States: Smart Cities, Technology, and the Pursuit of Urban Utopias takes us on a fascinating journey across world cities to show how technology has shaped them in the past and how smart city technology will reshape them in the future. This book is essential reading for policy makers, researchers, and practitioners interested in understanding the opportunities and challenges of smart city technology and what it means for city building." - Enid Slack, University of Toronto School of Cities ""Utopia may be the oldest grift in the city-building business, but Dream States shows that technology is a timeless tool for turning the most ordinary of urban dreams - clean air and water, safe streets, and decent homes - into reality. As digital dilettantes try to sell us on a software overhaul, John Lorinc provides us an indispensable and flawless guide to the must-haves and never-agains of the smart city." - Anthony Townsend, Urbanist in Residence, Cornell Tech, author of Smart Citiesversity of Toronto  0aCity Planning vTechnological innovations 0aSmart cities 0aUrban policy 0aUrbanization