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Smart City by Google (Toronto, Sidewalk Labs)

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'''Berlin'''
<blockquote> --> related initiative "Google is not a good neighbour"
https://www.google-ist-kein-guter-nachbar.de/english-1/actions/
and FuckOffDercon - gentrifying the Volksbühne (a legendary theater in the center of Berlin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/13/theater/chris-dercon-quits-volksbuehne.html
</blockquote>'''Barcelona ''' (Morozow & Bria's "Green" Smart City approach<blockquote>http://www.rosalux-nyc.org/wp-content/files_mf/morozovandbria_eng_final55.pdf</blockquote>
'''NY''':
<blockquote>Hudson Yards is a billionaire’s fantasy city and you never have to leave — provided you can pay for it.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/02/hudson-yard-billionaires-fantasy-city.html
</blockquote>
'''LA''':
<blockquote>movement against fortress city districts and trickle-down housing
https://medium.com/@LATenantsUnion/dropping-the-hammer-on-yimbyism-97724dfdb6a9
https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/01/zoning-reform-house-costs-urban-development-gentrification/581677/
</blockquote>
'''SF''' (the original FOG!)
<blockquote>techsploitation -
https://qz.com/1293874/protestors-in-san-francisco-are-using-electric-scooters-to-blockade-google-buses/
</blockquote>
'''privatisation of esential services and infrastructure tales of woe
'''
<blockquote>generally, it is stubbornly unprofitable to deliver essential services at scale
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/may/17/the-high-price-we-all-pay-for-the-failures-of-privatisation
http://www.inthepublicinterest.org/wp-content/uploads/Race-to-the-bottom.pdf
</blockquote>
'''Public transportation
'''
<blockquote>https://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/privatisation-of-dublin-bus-routes-the-beginning-of-race-to-the-bottom-tds-warn-867983.html
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/16/the-expensive-disaster-that-is-bus-privatisation
</blockquote>
'''Rail
'''
<blockquote>rail privatisation can only be successful where there is population density, eventually all but the most important stations will be shut down
https://www.tokyoreview.net/2018/10/japan-railway-privatization/
https://www.economist.com/business/1999/07/01/the-rail-billionaires
</blockquote>
'''Water'''
<blockquote>UN University
'''Water'''
UN University
https://ourworld.unu.edu/en/water-privatisation-a-worldwide-failure
</blockquote>
'''Smart Cities
'''
<blockquote>"competitive urbanism"
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0042098015597162
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/spark/227-tasting-data-smart-cities-craft-and-design-facts-on-fax-1.2847907/against-the-smart-city-1.2847908
https://speedbird.wordpress.com/
</blockquote>
'''Songdo'''
<blockquote>https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/business/article/2137838/south-koreas-smart-city-songdo-not-quite-smart-enough
http://gjss.org/sites/default/files/issues/chapters/papers/GJSS%20Vol%2012-2%201%20Benedikt_0.pdf
</blockquote>
'''precrime'''
<blockquote>https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22530123-600-pre-crime-software-recruited-to-track-gang-of-thieves/
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2014/jun/25/predicting-crime-lapd-los-angeles-police-data-analysis-algorithm-minority-report
</blockquote>
'''politicians raising concerns
'''
<blockquote>https://twitter.com/lydia_kou
http://www.creativespacesandcities.com/
</blockquote>
'''comic relief
'''
<blockquote>https://internetofshit.net/soon</blockquote>
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