Smart cities
Conference paper
An investigation of the smart city development in India: multiscalar governance, fragmented planning and transformative opportunities for Australasia
This paper notes that scholars argue that smart city development in India and the Global South is disruptive because it has no predecessor to show us how. But examples from three Indian cities of Bhubaneswar, Pune and Chennai highlight the different ways in which smart city governance and planning include or exclude urban informality, which...
Conference paper
Digital public space: imagining the everyday impacts of infrastructure transitions
This paper will outline a novel understanding of how people sense and make sense of the digital by using speculative visual research methods to approach the digital as part of the ongoing configuration of urban public space.
Report
The future of the digital CBD: Melbourne and beyond
This report provides the multi-disciplinary context for, and approach to, building a digital CBD. The report draws together expertise surrounding digital technologies and cities from economics, law, the social sciences, media and communications, and cybersecurity, to identify Melbourne’s challenges, transition points and opportunities.
Briefing paper
Accelerating a just transition to smart, sustainable cities
Smart cities collect and use data to better manage resources, provide services and allocate assets. This policy brief explores both the potential benefits and the negative consequences of the smart city approach to the governance of sustainability transitions.
Report
Smart cities down under: performance of Australian local government areas
This report presents the findings of a study conducted at the Urban Studies Lab of Queensland University of Technology (QUT), that placed Australian local government areas under the smart city microscope to evaluate their performances. The study also generates insights for understanding the reasons behind the performance differences of local government areas.