Ebook: The Platform Economy and the Smart City: Technology and the Transformation of Urban Policy

Examining the challenges and opportunities technological platforms provide for ever-evolving urban spaces.

Innovative technologies promise a brave new world of convenience and cost effectiveness – powered by cameras that monitor our movements, sensors that line our streets, and algorithms that determine our resource allocation – but at what cost? The first collection of its kind, this groundbreaking volume brings together social, economic, and cultural insights to enhance our understanding of the ongoing technological upheaval in cities around the world.