{"product_id":"9780691208053-a-city-is-not-a-computer","title":"A City Is Not a Computer","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOther Urban Intelligences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA bold reassessment of \"smart cities\" that reveals what is lost when we conceive of our urban spaces as computers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComputational models of urbanism—smart cities that use data-driven planning and algorithmic administration—promise to deliver new urban efficiencies and conveniences. Yet these models limit our understanding of what we can know about a city. \u003ci\u003eA City Is Not a Computer\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how cities encompass myriad forms of local and indigenous intelligences and knowledge institutions, arguing that these resources are a vital supplement and corrective to increasingly prevalent algorithmic models.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShannon Mattern begins by examining the ethical and ontological implications of urban technologies and computational models, discussing how they shape and in many cases profoundly limit our engagement with cities. She looks at the methods and underlying assumptions of data-driven urbanism, and demonstrates how the \"city-as-computer\" metaphor, which undergirds much of today's urban policy and design, reduces place-based knowledge to information processing. Mattern then imagines how we might sustain institutions and infrastructures that constitute more diverse, open, inclusive urban forms. She shows how the public library functions as a steward of urban intelligence, and describes the scales of upkeep needed to sustain a city's many moving parts, from spinning hard drives to bridge repairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIncorporating insights from urban studies, data science, and media and information studies, \u003ci\u003eA City Is Not a Computer\u003c\/i\u003e offers a visionary new approach to urban planning and design.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943383478369,"sku":"9780691208053","price":15.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28038372.jpg?v=1722263239","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780691208053-a-city-is-not-a-computer","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}