{"product_id":"city-in-a-future-tense-9780520426436","title":"City in a Future Tense","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/doi.org\/10.1525\/luminos.259\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ewww.luminosoa.org\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cb\u003e to learn more.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSongdo, South Korea, is one of the earliest and most ambitious smart city projects. Mythical narratives have painted it as a promised land of the future where the problems and struggles of the present have been efficiently transcended—or concealed—by technology.\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eCity in a Future Tense, \u003c\/i\u003eChamee Yang\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003einterrogates these myths and traces Songdo's story to show how it emerged out of a complex interplay of governmental rationality, cultural aspirations, and collective anxiety about the future. Drawing on Korea's developmental past and relentless drive toward a technological future, visions of freedom, security, and connectivity converged with new techniques of governance to shape a distinctive urban form. By challenging the reduction of the smart city to a mere government policy, stage of capitalism, or ready-made solution to urban problems, Yang offers a new way of understanding the smart city as the contingent outcome of multiple, competing futures—a reality that is still pending. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chamee Yang","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48612247470331,"sku":"9780520426436","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_e4a88e2e-1518-445e-b1cd-ac6d8b4fc5fc.jpg?v=1777357838","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/city-in-a-future-tense-9780520426436","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}