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City Tech

20 Apps, Ideas, and Innovations Changing the Urban Landscape
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The world is rapidly urbanising, and experts predict that up to 80 percent of the population will live in cities by 2050. To accommodate that growth while ensuring quality of life for all residents, cities are increasingly turning to technology. From apps that make it easier... Read More
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In this book, Rob Walker investigates the new technologies afoot and their implications for planners, policymakers, residents, and the virtual and literal landscapes of the cities we call home.

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The world is rapidly urbanising, and experts predict that up to 80 percent of the population will live in cities by 2050. To accommodate that growth while ensuring quality of life for all residents, cities are increasingly turning to technology.

From apps that make it easier for citizens to pitch in on civic improvement projects to comprehensive plans for smarter streets and neighbourhoods, new tools and approaches are taking root across the United States and around the world.

In this thoughtful, inquisitive collection, Rob Walker—former New York Times columnist and author of the City Tech column for Land Lines magazine—investigates the new technologies afoot and their implications for planners, policymakers, residents, and the virtual and literal landscapes of the cities we call home.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781558444539

Publisher: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

Illustration: color photos and figures throughout

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 178.0mm

Height: 229.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 250

About the Author

Rob Walker is a journalist and columnist covering technology, design, business, and other subjects. A longtime contributor to The New York Times, Walker has also written for Bloomberg Businessweek, The Atlantic, Wired, Fortune, GQ, Fast Company, Design Observer, Marketplace, and many other outlets. He writes the City Tech column for Land Lines, the magazine of the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, and is the author of The Art of Noticing (Knopf 2019), Buying In: The Secret Dialogue Between What We Buy and Who We Are (Random House 2008), and Letters from New Orleans (Garrett County Press 2005). He is coeditor of Significant Objects: 100 Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things (Fantagraphics 2012) and serves on the faculty of the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

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