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This is the authors' accepted manuscript of a book chapter that has been published in its final definitive form by Elsevier, 2020.
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Water is often absent from discourse on smart places. India’s smart city drive detracts from the need for basic infrastructure, even whilst setting it as a priority in policy. The very act of framing it as ‘smart’ overshadows service provision with headline-grabbing projects that are aimed at wealthy residents and leave those without access to basic infrastructure further behind. This chapter puts water at the centre of discussions of smart places in India by considering the situation in Mumbai in the context of India’s smart cities agenda. Rainwater harvesting could become a smart technology to provide more water, but these need to be functioning and maintained systems and not ‘eyewash’ to tick a box. This chapter calls for water-centric urban planning to create smart and just places.
Author(s): Button C
Editor(s): Aurigi, A; Odendaal, N;
Publication type: Book Chapter
Publication status: Published
Book Title: Shaping Smart for Better Cities: Rethinking and Shaping Relationships between Urban Space and Digital Technologies
Year: 2020
Pages: 357-371
Print publication date: 02/12/2020
Online publication date: 20/11/2020
Acceptance date: 20/07/2020
Publisher: Elsevier
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-818636-7.00007-X
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-818636-7.00007-X
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ISBN: 9780128186367