What does smart city efficiency mean for the global majority, including one and a half billion slum dwellers? We call on more critical discussions to understand smart cities in their broader systemic context. Their promise will be realized only when smart cities prove that their social value is greater than their political worth as mayoral playthings or their economic worth as a fleeting market fetish.

https://www.fairobserver.com/more/global_change/new-urban-agenda-smart-cities-sustainable-development-climate-news-65431/

“No Silver Bullet: The New Urban Agenda and Smart Cities.” Fair Observer, 13 March 2018, with Glen Kuecker.