The open access edition of this book was made possible by generous funding from Arcadia - a charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing and Peter Baldwin. A new wave of enthusiasm for smart cities, urban data, and the Internet of Things has created the impression that computation can solv…
"Urban OS critically examines the modest potentials and serious contradictions of reconfiguring urban life, city services, and urban networked infrastructure through computational operating systems"--
A new wave of enthusiasm for smart cities, urban data, and the Internet of Things has created the impression that computation can solve almost any urban problem. Subjecting this claim to critical scrutiny, in this book, Andrés Luque-Ayala and Simon Marvin examine the cultural, h…
Producing the computational city -- Operationalization urban OS : Diagramming the city -- Datafication the making of data-as-infrastructure -- Sensing commodification through hyperfragmentation -- Mapping with Flávia Neves Maia : The computational production of territory -- Pred…
"Urban OS critically examines the modest potentials and serious contradictions of reconfiguring urban life, city services, and urban networked infrastructure through computational operating systems"-- "A new wave of enthusiasm for smart cities, urban data, and the Internet of T…
Achieving sustainable energy and resource use is vital if cities are to thrive or even function in the long term. Focusing on cities in the United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark, this book examines the mounting pressures for changes in the management style of utility services in E…
This text examines the mounting pressures for change on the infrastructure of cities - in particular the utilities for water, energy, sewage and solid waste.
Achieving sustainable energy and resource use is vital if cities are to thrive or even function in the long term. Focusing on cities in the United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark, this book examines the mounting pressures for changes in the management style of utility services in E…
Achieving sustainable energy and resource use is vital if cities are to thrive or even function in the long term. Focusing on cities in the United Kingdom, Germany and Denmark, this book examines the mounting pressures for changes in the management style of utility services in E…
