The Digital City and Mediated Urban Ecologies [Paperback]

This book examines the phenomenon of the digital city in the US by looking at three case studies: New York City, San Antonio, and Seattle. Kristin Scott considers how digital technologies are increasingly built into the logic and organization of urban spaces and argues that while each city articulates ideals such as those of open democracy, civic engagement, efficient governance, and enhanced security, competing capitalist interests attached to many of these digital technological programs make the digital city problematic.

.Chapter 1: Contextualizing the Digital City.-

.Chapter 2: New York City and Social Mediated Governance.-

.Chapter 3: CyberCity, U.S.A. and the Cyber-Security State.-

.Chapter 4: Smart City Seattle and Geographies of Exclusion.-

.Chapter 5: Conclusion.

 

Kristin Scott is Senior Lecturer in the Communications Department at Simmons College, USA.

This book examines the phenomenon of the digital city in the U.S. by looking at three case studies: New York City, San Antonio, and Seattle. Scott considers how digital technologies are increasingly built into the logic and organization of urban spaces and argues that while each city articulates ideals such as those of open democracy, civic engagement, efficient governance, and enhanced security, competing capitalist interests attached to many of these digital technological programs make the digital city problematic.