Smart Spaces and Places

Smart technologies have advanced rapidly, creating new challenges and opportunities for the geographic research community. Smart Spaces and Places explores emerging theories, methods, and observations that reveal new spatial phenomena, produce new knowledge, and foster new policies. The book offers stimulating discussion over the meaning of spaces, places, and smartness, scientific insights into smartness, social-political views of smartness, and policy implications of smartness.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 244 pages
Publication date: 25 September 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Smart technologies have undergone rapid advancements across our society, encompassing a wide range of domains such as smart energy, smart health, smart living, smart cities, smart environment, and smart society. These developments have been driven by a multitude of seminal factors, including social media platforms like Twitter, sensors (such as drones and wearables), smartphone apps, and computing infrastructure (such as cloud computing). While these advancements have garnered widespread public enthusiasm, they have also presented the geographic research community with unprecedented challenges and opportunities.

In addressing the complex challenges posed by smart technologies, there is a growing need for emerging theories, methods, and observations that can reveal new spatial phenomena, generate new knowledge, and shape new policies. This book, Smart Spaces and Places, aims to delve into these critical questions. It explores how spaces and places can be made smart, examines the impact of smartness on our perception and understanding of these spaces, and examines the role of geographies in knowledge production and decision-making in the era of smart technologies.

The book comprises a collection of 21 chapters, each offering stimulating discussions on various aspects of spaces, places, and smartness. These chapters cover a wide range of topics, including the meaning of spaces, places, and smartness; scientific insights into smartness; social-political perspectives on smartness; and policy implications of smartness. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Annals of the American Association of Geographers, showcasing the cutting-edge research and insights of the geographic research community.

By exploring the intersection of smart technologies and geographies, Smart Spaces and Places provides valuable insights into the evolving landscape of our society. It offers policymakers, practitioners, and researchers a comprehensive framework for understanding the complexities of smart spaces and places and for developing effective strategies for their development and management. As we navigate the rapidly changing world of smart technologies, this book serves as a valuable resource for anyone interested in shaping the future of our cities, regions, and societies.

Weight: 453g
Dimension: 280 x 210 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367703578