Review paper

Why distance matters: The relatedness between technology development and its appropriation in smart cities

Volume: 157, Pages: 120087 - 120087
Published: Aug 1, 2020
Abstract
How does the distance between the development and adoption of technology determine its affordance? By referring to the sociomateriality literature, I discuss why the corporate-driven push of technologies into smart cities can lead to ineffective outcomes. This review paper then argues that technologies should be locally built, with a stronger connect between the humans in cities and the technologies being developed and implemented, in order to...
Paper Details
Title
Why distance matters: The relatedness between technology development and its appropriation in smart cities
Published Date
Aug 1, 2020
Volume
157
Pages
120087 - 120087
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