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Smart and disruptive infrastructures: Re-building knowledge on the informal city

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Author	Bobbins, Kerry Caprotti, Federico Groot, Jiska De Pailman, Whitney Moorlach, Mascha Schloemann, Hendrik Densmore, Alex Finlay, Kimenthrie Fischat, Ellen Siwali, Siseko Links, Joslyn
Copyright Year	2023
Abstract	Smart urbanism is an established research area in geography and the social sciences. We draw on ‘worlding-provincialising’ strategies identified in an Urban Studies Special Issue from February 2021 to explore how smart infrastructures, a form of smart urbanism, disrupt representations of informality and urban development in new and productive ways. Focussing on the disruptive or troublesome implications of smart infrastructures reveals site-level considerations for developing policy and practice, where acknowledging the nuanced context for its use can present opportunities for not only understanding energy transitions in the Global South, but also creates opportunities for cross-learning. Drawing on our collective insights on a solar mini-grid project in Qandu-Qandu, Cape Town, we sketch out three ways the disruptive aspects of solar energy can be helpful for re-building knowledge on the informal city by: (i) re-positioning notions of ‘formal’ and ‘informal’ infrastructure(s) in urban planning and policymaking; (ii) highlighting new avenues for citizen autonomy; and (iii) recasting the informal city as a site for continuous innovation and learning.
Related Links	https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/00420980231172582?download=true
ISSN	00420980
Journal	Urban Studies (USJ)
e-ISSN	1360063X
DOI	10.1177/00420980231172582
Language	English
Publisher	Sage Publications UK
Publisher Date	2023-05-31
Publisher Place	London
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	© Urban Studies Journal Limited 2023
Subject Keyword	off-grid 能源 smart infrastructure 离网智慧基础设施城市研究 urban studies informality 非正规性 energy
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Urban Studies Environmental Science

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