Mobilizing the Smart City; An inquiry into the transferal, articulation and effects of the Smart City
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2016-05-26
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Even though neither an exact definition nor a clear understanding of the attributed elements of the notion of the smart city has been established, there has been an increase in the design and implementation of policies which are based on the notion throughout recent years. Within the academic literature one can find a variety of perspectives which seek to address the notion. The rational perspective pleads that the notion should be regarded as a solution towards a variety of issues which affect urban areas. The critical school provides a perspective in which the notion of the smart city falls in line with forms of domination exerted by the capitalist system. Within this research a less commonly utilized perspective will be adopted, that being a relational perspective in which the interactions which occur between actors are the object of study.
The goal of this research is to shed light on the manner in which the notion of the smart city is mobilized. Within the context of this research mobilization entails the manner in which the notion of the smart city is transferred to, and subsequently articulated in cities and the effects which this adoption has brought about within cities.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen