Can a Smart City Exist as Commons? The Case of Automated Governance in Sidewalk Toronto

Artyushina, Anna

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Title

Can a Smart City Exist as Commons? The Case of Automated Governance in Sidewalk Toronto

Author(s)

Artyushina, Anna

Issue Date

2023-02-09

Keyword(s)

• Smart cities
• Toronto, ON
• Data governance
• Public-private partnerships

Geographic Coverage

Canada

Abstract

In October 2017, Alphabet and the Government of Canada announced a joint effort: the first smart city powered by Alphabet’s technology. The smart city was proposed to be built in Toronto, Canada, where Alphabet’s subsidiary Sidewalk Labs had partnered with public corporation Waterfront Toronto. Balancing public, private, and collective interests in smart cities is a challenging task, that is why Sidewalk Labs proposed some innovative instruments of governance and management in their city infrastructure. In this chapter, I draw on the GKC framework to examine the company’s proposal for the governance of smart infrastructure. My analysis focuses on two action arenas: the data-driven planning and the trusts.

Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Series/Report Name or Number

Cambridge Studies on Governing Knowledge Commons

Type of Resource

text

Language

en

Sponsor(s)/Grant Number(s)

• NSF: SES
• Divn Of Social and Economic Sciences
• #2017495

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