Per una geografia critica delle smart cities tra innovazione, marginalità, equità, democrazia, sorveglianza

The paper conceptually and critically discusses the issue of smart city along some reflexive axis such as problems of representation of places between new construction of meaning and technocratic-business opacity; the power relations arising from the digital dimension of places (geocoded places) in terms of exclusion, inclusion, equity, «neo-imperialism»; the great interactivity and access points (individuals and cyber space) in content production and diffusion of ideas, and potential implications in terms of spatial justice, improvement of urban environmental quality; finally, the desirable studies and field work around the digital divide and spatial justice, which offer prospects in terms of active geography and implications for urban policy