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Smart Tech Deployment and Governance in Philadelphia

Frischmann, Brett; Tonkovitch, Martha

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Chapter-05.pdf

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/117224

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Title
Smart Tech Deployment and Governance in Philadelphia
Author(s)
  • Frischmann, Brett
  • Tonkovitch, Martha
Issue Date
2023-02-09
Keyword(s)
  • Smart cities
  • Philadelphia, PA
  • Land management
  • Data governance
Geographic Coverage
Philadelphia
Abstract
This case study focuses on smart tech deployment and governance in Philadelphia. In 2019, the City of Philadelphia launched a new smart city initiative, SmartCityPHL. SmartCityPHL includes a roadmap of strategies, processes, and plans for deployment. In many ways, the new initiative is remarkable. It is ambitious yet pragmatic; it outlines a set of guiding principles along with deliberative and participatory processes; it is broadly inclusive of people and values—as reflected in its simple definition of a smart city: “a city that uses integrated information and communication technology to support the economic, social, and environmental goals of its community.” On its face, and perhaps in comparison with other smart city initiatives, SmartCityPHL provides an exciting roadmap.But the 2019initiative was not the first smart city project in Philadelphia. There is, in fact, a long history of Philadelphians turning to supposedly smart technology to solve community problems.
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

Owning Collections

Smart Cities: Data, Tech, Institutions, and Trustworthy Governance PRIMARY