THE SMART ENOUGH CITY

Smart cities, where technology is used to solve every problem, are hailed as futuristic urban utopias. We are promised that apps, al gorithms, and artificial intelligence will relieve congestion, restore democracy, prevent crime, and improve public services. In The Smart..., Ben Green warns against seeing the city only through the lens of technology/ taking an exclusively technical view of urba n life will lead to cities that appear smart but under the surface are rife with injustice and inequality.