Chapter 1: Introducing shaping smart for better cities
Alessandro Aurigia; Nancy Odendaalb a University of Plymouth, Plymouth, United Kingdomb University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
Abstract
This chapter introduces the ethos and approach to Shaping Smart for Better Cities and highlights the main overarching themes that have emerged from the chapters. It starts from a declaration of the effort and multidisciplinary challenge the editors have set, by bringing the overall theme into the nonproprietary territory of reflecting on “better places” rather than on discipline-specific issues. Doing this has allowed this collection to be diverse and pluralistic. It has also foregrounded a series of important and general issues and needs ...
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