{"product_id":"digital-technologies-smart-cities-and-adi-kuntsman-9781529237146","title":"Digital Technologies, Smart Cities and the Environment: In the Ruins of Broken Promises","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe concept of smart cities holds environmental promises: that digital technologies will reduce carbon emissions, air pollution and waste, and help address climate change. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing on academic scholarship and two case studies from Manchester and Helsinki, this timely and accessible book examines what happens when these promises are broken, as they prioritise technological innovation rather than environmental care. The book reveals that smart cities' vision of sustainable digital future obfuscates the environmental harms and social injustices that digitisation inflicts. The framework of \"broken promises\", coined by the authors, centres environmental questions in analysing imaginaries and practices of smart cities. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This is a must read for anyone interested in the connections between digital technologies and environment justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Adi Kuntsman, Liu Xin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1529237149\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781529237146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bristol University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Adi Kuntsman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45897398092031,"sku":"9781529237146","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_da16cab1-a92a-438d-9767-0cb602a221de.jpg?v=1721373843","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/digital-technologies-smart-cities-and-adi-kuntsman-9781529237146","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}