A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences

by Shannon Mattern

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A bold reassessment of "smart cities" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computers

Computational models of urbanism--smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration--promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences. Yet these models limit our understanding of what we can know about a city. A City Is Not a Computer reveals how cities encompass myriad forms of...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691208050

ISBN13:9780691208053

Release Date:August 2021

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:200 Pages

Weight:0.05 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.1" x 8.1"

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Architecture Design Social Science Social Sciences

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