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Accepted Paper:
Knowledge Infrastructure: A Missing Link in Smarty City
Poon Thiengburanathum
(Chiang Mai University)
Pongtip Thiengburanathum
(Chiang Mai University)
Pakamas Thinphanga
(Thailand Environment Institute)
Khanin Hutanuwatr
(King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang)
Richard Friend
(University of York)
Paper short abstract:
A discussion on how to close the digital inequality gap through an improved knowledge infrastructure framework, which consists of monitoring the flow of information and knowledge of the city, key city knowledge actors, and different knowledge institution in a city
Paper long abstract:
Smart cities in Thailand refer to digital technologies adoption in their societies, especially in city digital infrastructure. For example, many cities in Thailand have registered as smart cities. Therefore, smart city suppliers promote their investment in the city, such as; city-data dashboard, smart pole, air sensors, 5G, and free wifi. Like other non-digital infrastructure, key beneficiaries are contractors, foreign investors and politicians. Local people are only the technology users who pay their fees while providing their personal information as a critical asset for tech companies. They can neither be a part of investors nor access key data and information of their cities. These data could help them develop new businesses in this digital economy. As the number of smart cities increases, so is inequality, even though politicians often portray an opposite picture.
This paper discusses how to close the digital inequality gap by promoting a knowledge infrastructure framework, which consists of monitoring the flow of information and knowledge of the city, key city knowledge actors, and different knowledge institutions in a city. Without making knowledge, building a smart city will become another trap of our society's development. In this era, data is a crucial asset; it not be equally distributed to the people and be a part of city knowledge infrastructure to create smart people. But so far, a smart city concept is only a new campaign for new economic investment that brings us close to digital slavery.
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Accepted Paper:
Poon Thiengburanathum (Chiang Mai University) Pongtip Thiengburanathum (Chiang Mai University) Pakamas Thinphanga (Thailand Environment Institute) Khanin Hutanuwatr (King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang) Richard Friend (University of York)
Paper short abstract:
Paper long abstract:
Smart cities in Thailand refer to digital technologies adoption in their societies, especially in city digital infrastructure. For example, many cities in Thailand have registered as smart cities. Therefore, smart city suppliers promote their investment in the city, such as; city-data dashboard, smart pole, air sensors, 5G, and free wifi. Like other non-digital infrastructure, key beneficiaries are contractors, foreign investors and politicians. Local people are only the technology users who pay their fees while providing their personal information as a critical asset for tech companies. They can neither be a part of investors nor access key data and information of their cities. These data could help them develop new businesses in this digital economy. As the number of smart cities increases, so is inequality, even though politicians often portray an opposite picture.
This paper discusses how to close the digital inequality gap by promoting a knowledge infrastructure framework, which consists of monitoring the flow of information and knowledge of the city, key city knowledge actors, and different knowledge institutions in a city. Without making knowledge, building a smart city will become another trap of our society's development. In this era, data is a crucial asset; it not be equally distributed to the people and be a part of city knowledge infrastructure to create smart people. But so far, a smart city concept is only a new campaign for new economic investment that brings us close to digital slavery.
Cities, Urbanisation, and the Politics of Urban Infrastructure Systems
Session 1 Wednesday 6 July, 2022, -