8.3 security in hyperconnected smart city Flashcards
what is a key issue with technologies of smart city
they generate security problems such as vulnerabiliites to ransomeware attacks on critical infrastructure
what is a sociotechnical arms race
a competition between those exploiting technological vulnerabilities and those working to secure urban environments
what does khannas 2016 text connectography visualise
the increasing urbanisation of the global population and economic power of certain megacities
london accounts for how much GDP in uk
half
tokyo-osaka region accounts for how much GDP in japan
4/5ths
what is the political consequence of the economic influence of global megacities
megacities have accumulated enormous political power enabling them to steer the economic policies of national govs in their favour
how might nationalists movements like brexit and maga be interpeted?
as populist reactions against the concentration of political and economic power among cosmpolitan megacities
what role do global cities play in global economy according to sassen 2000?
they act as COMMAND CENTRES in the global economy
what does khanna argue about the dominance of cities rather than nations?
cities rather than nations are most dominant and enduring social structures
how does the concept of connectography relate to global urbanisation
highlights the INTERCONNECTEDNESS and growing influence of global megacities in economic and political spheres
what does intensifiaction of communcations traffic in khannas connectography highlight?
increasing communcation BETWEEN not just within mega city regions
how are mega city regions like london and tokyo osaka characterised in terms of social network analysis
key nodes with high IN DEGREE and OUT DEGREE measures, central to global political-economic networks
what is the significance of high in degree and out degree measures in mega cities
indictates that these cities are principla recipients of incoming TRANSNATIONAL TRAFFIC and also project power outwards
how has hyperconnectivity afffected concepts of crime and insecurity in public policy and crimnological discourse
made concepts like transnational organsied crime and transnational terrorism more prominent
what fuels hyperconnectivity amongst citizens and businesses within and between city regions?
the WWW and disruptive digital technologies of 4th industrial revolution
what are smart cities in context of current commercial and public policy discourse on urban governance?
cities where emergent technologies create opportunties for
- offending
- victimisation
- surveillance
- control
how is hyperconnectivity often portrayed in terms of its impact on citizens and businsesses for empowering mobility and opportunities for:
- self advancement
- economic wealth
- social progress
what potnetial benefits of hyperconnected cities are celebrated through their potential to help urban populations and authorities adapt to pressures on:
- governance
- housing
- transport
- security
what example of sociotechnical arms race is discussed in relation to smart cities
ongoing battle between organisers and preventers of crime and other threats to urban security
what do edwards and calaresu argue about the concept of the smart city
- it is PRIVILEGED in commercial attempts to PROMOTE technological solutions to urban governance problems
- with NEGLIGIBLE REFLEXIVITY about potnetial vulnerabilities these solutions might create
what might be reason for limited consideration of security implications in offical and commercial narratives of smart cities?
potnetial coincidence of interests bewteen tech companies and munciapl adminsistrations
what do other contributions to special issue of city, territory and architecture explore?
explore secuirity issues raised by smart cities throuhg case studies of POSITIVE SECURITY in EINDHOVEN and emergent technlogies on drug trade
what is an example of a case study disucssed in speical about issue about smart cities
POSITIVE SECURITY in dutch city of EINDHOVEN
what illict market is mentioned as being impacted by emeregnt technologies in smart cities
the drug trade
examples of critical infrastructre
- wanna cry ransomware attack
- dallas city ransomware attack
what date was wanna cry ransom ware attack
may 2017