This book tells the story of visionary urban experiments, shedding light on the theories that
preceded their development and on the monsters that followed and might be the end of our …

In recent years, the world has seen the emergence of a number of urban projects which,
under the banner of experimentation, have promoted alternative models of city-making …

Technological innovation is constantly reshaping the materiality and mechanics of smart-city
initiatives. Recently, innovation in artificial intelligence (AI) in the shape of self-driving cars …

Artificial intelligence (AI) is emerging as an impactful feature of the life, planning and
governance of 21st-century cities. Once confined to the realm of science fiction and small …

This short piece acts as a coda to this journal's special issue on “Smart Cities and Innovative
Technologies.” First, it provides a retrospective view of the origins of the smart city concept …

In their book The Race Against the Machine, Brynjolfsson and McAfee (2011) raise the
prospect that contemporary society will no longer be able to maintain anything like full …

This chapter unpacks the imaginary of the smart city, taking the reader on a journey that,
across time and space, explores the intellectual foundations of the key ideas, images, and …

The new interdisciplinary paradigm of 'intelligent cities' or 'smart cities', bringing together
theories, methodologies and practices from many diverse fields, such as urban development …

Abstract 'Smart cities' is a term that has gained traction in academia, business and
government to describe cities that, on the one hand, are increasingly composed of and …

The popularity and application of artificial intelligence (AI) are increasing rapidly all around
the world—where, in simple terms, AI is a technology which mimics the behaviors commonly …