Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia by Anthony M. Townsend

Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia



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Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9780393082876
Page: 400


The phrase Barns quotes is Townsend's but is that, too, ironic, as the subtitle to his book suggests: 'big data, civic hackers and the quest for a new utopia'? Jan 17, 2014 - [Book] Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers and the Quest for a New Utopia · Smart-Cities-cover-197x300 · Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers and the Quest for a New Utopia by Anthony M. A city like you do a race car but they are leaving citizens out of the process," said Anthony Townsend, director of the Institute of the Future and author of Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia. There are the engineering conglomerates that grew to greatness building the systems that control our world: IBM, which sprang from the company that built the tabulators for the 1890 census; Siemens, which entrepreneurs and civic hackers are tinkering their ways toward a different kind of utopia. Oct 28, 2013 - Since sometime on 2009, according UN figures cited in Anthony Townsends new book, “Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers and the quest for a new utopia”, the majority of the world's population live in cities. Smart Cities is a manifesto of the coming of age of cities. Dec 11, 2013 - Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers and the Quest for a New Utopia Anthony Townsend W.W. Oct 2, 2013 - Turning On Light Bulbs, Dialing Back Climate Change, and Building Up Cities Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia. Nov 24, 2013 - position around smart cities. Feb 19, 2014 - Smart cities: big data, civic hackers, and the quest for a new utopia, New York, NY: W.W. Jun 27, 2013 - Benefit from our great offer, Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia. An unflinching look at the aspiring city-builders of our smart, mobile, connected future. May 23, 2014 - One author envisions the ins and outs of smart cities in a new book, Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia, while Dubai plans for a smart city aptly named Desert Rose. Oct 19, 2013 - In his new book, SMART CITIES: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for A New Utopia, urban planner and technology forecaster Anthony Townsend … « Oscillatory Thoughts: What's "big data" good for? They eschew efficiency, instead seeking to amplify and accelerate the natural sociability of city life. Oct 4, 2013 - Extra tags: Download free: Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia by Anthony M. Dec 12, 2013 - Smart Cities: Big data, civic hackers, and the quest for a new utopia by Anthony M. Apr 23, 2014 - New Yorkin yliopiston senioritutkija Anthony Townsend käsittelee viime vuonna julkaistussa Smart City: Big data, civic hackers and the quest for a new utopia –teoksessaan tematiikkaa monipuolisesti ja terveen kriittisesti. Apr 28, 2014 - See Townsend, Smart Cities: Big Data,Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utopia (New York: Norton, 2013). May 18, 2014 - Is it really, as the ironic title to Sarah Barns' review of Antony Townsend's Smart Cities implies, “Plus ça change? Remaking the city, 'one site, one app, one click at a time'”?