Smart Cities

I thought this was an informative textbook but a repetitive regular book. I liked learning about the concept of smart cities, how they are implemented, how citizens view them, and so on, but it felt like it went into list mode too often. There was no rhyme or reason for how examples would be focused......more

This book was an impeccable read and my introduction to Smart Cities. Germaine does an exceptional job laying out a framework (models) of smart cities and assessing their design from the impact these models have on -- citizen output, stakeholder engagement, social justice, and equity. There are seve......more

This book has one major issue. It was published in the wrong book-series. The MIT Essential Knowledge series typically provides an excellent entry-point into a topic, containing 90 % knowledge and 10 % discussions of or opinions about the current state of implementation. For this book, this is switch......more

Very dry. I'm not an expert on the topic, just a tech-savvy person and it feels like I've learned pretty much nothing (by reading this book). There's a simplistic model of smart city classification, there's a criticism of smartass BigTech that just want to sell their products, there's hype on digitiz......more

[Audiobook] This topic needs more love. Unfortunately, the love wasn’t communicated properly here. This book did a great job at presenting the benefits of Smart Cities without advocating for a surveillance state. The author actually discussed all the downsides and misuse of power that couples the adv......more