8.3 security in hyperconnected smart city Flashcards

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what is a key issue with technologies of smart city

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they generate security problems such as vulnerabiliites to ransomeware attacks on critical infrastructure

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what is a sociotechnical arms race

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a competition between those exploiting technological vulnerabilities and those working to secure urban environments

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what does khannas 2016 text connectography visualise

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the increasing urbanisation of the global population and economic power of certain megacities

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london accounts for how much GDP in uk

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half

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tokyo-osaka region accounts for how much GDP in japan

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4/5ths

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what is the political consequence of the economic influence of global megacities

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megacities have accumulated enormous political power enabling them to steer the economic policies of national govs in their favour

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how might nationalists movements like brexit and maga be interpeted?

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as populist reactions against the concentration of political and economic power among cosmpolitan megacities

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what role do global cities play in global economy according to sassen 2000?

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they act as COMMAND CENTRES in the global economy

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what does khanna argue about the dominance of cities rather than nations?

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cities rather than nations are most dominant and enduring social structures

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how does the concept of connectography relate to global urbanisation

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highlights the INTERCONNECTEDNESS and growing influence of global megacities in economic and political spheres

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what does intensifiaction of communcations traffic in khannas connectography highlight?

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increasing communcation BETWEEN not just within mega city regions

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how are mega city regions like london and tokyo osaka characterised in terms of social network analysis

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key nodes with high IN DEGREE and OUT DEGREE measures, central to global political-economic networks

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what is the significance of high in degree and out degree measures in mega cities

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indictates that these cities are principla recipients of incoming TRANSNATIONAL TRAFFIC and also project power outwards

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how has hyperconnectivity afffected concepts of crime and insecurity in public policy and crimnological discourse

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made concepts like transnational organsied crime and transnational terrorism more prominent

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what fuels hyperconnectivity amongst citizens and businesses within and between city regions?

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the WWW and disruptive digital technologies of 4th industrial revolution

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what are smart cities in context of current commercial and public policy discourse on urban governance?
cities where emergent technologies create opportunties for

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  • offending
  • victimisation
  • surveillance
  • control
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how is hyperconnectivity often portrayed in terms of its impact on citizens and businsesses for empowering mobility and opportunities for:

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  • self advancement
  • economic wealth
  • social progress
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what potnetial benefits of hyperconnected cities are celebrated through their potential to help urban populations and authorities adapt to pressures on:

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  • governance
  • housing
  • transport
  • security
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what example of sociotechnical arms race is discussed in relation to smart cities

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ongoing battle between organisers and preventers of crime and other threats to urban security

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what do edwards and calaresu argue about the concept of the smart city

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  • it is PRIVILEGED in commercial attempts to PROMOTE technological solutions to urban governance problems
  • with NEGLIGIBLE REFLEXIVITY about potnetial vulnerabilities these solutions might create
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what might be reason for limited consideration of security implications in offical and commercial narratives of smart cities?

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potnetial coincidence of interests bewteen tech companies and munciapl adminsistrations

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what do other contributions to special issue of city, territory and architecture explore?

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explore secuirity issues raised by smart cities throuhg case studies of POSITIVE SECURITY in EINDHOVEN and emergent technlogies on drug trade

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what is an example of a case study disucssed in speical about issue about smart cities

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POSITIVE SECURITY in dutch city of EINDHOVEN

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what illict market is mentioned as being impacted by emeregnt technologies in smart cities

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the drug trade

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examples of critical infrastructre

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  • wanna cry ransomware attack
  • dallas city ransomware attack
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what date was wanna cry ransom ware attack

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may 2017

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what date was dallas city ransomware attack

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may 2023

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3 examples of property and personal crime

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  • hacking of smart homes through IOT
  • smart devices and doemstic abuse
  • youtube gang rivarly scoreboard
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illict drug markets can be understood as what?

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socio technical arms races

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what is the sociotechnical arms race for illict drug markets

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  • human relations and technological innovations are used by organisers and preventors of serious crimes to outwit one another
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what remains a moot point for how smart technology could respond to organisation of more serious crimes such as trade in class A narcotics

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enhanced PASTORAL CARE and POSITIVE SECURITY

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what groundbreakin ethnographic study is significant in undertsanding impact of emergent technplogies on illicit drug trade

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mark berrys 2018 ethnographic study

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what does mark berrys work emphasise about smart cities

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smart cities are SOCIOTECHNICAL SYSTEMS which shape and are shaped by human relations in often unpredictable ways

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how are illict drug markets shaped in smart cities

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interaction of online and offline communciatons

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what are burners in context of illict drug trade

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disposable mobile phones used to extend supply of illict drugs while insulating adult organsiers from law enforcement

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what strategy do drug taffickers use to insulate themselves from wire taps

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untraceable burners and groom adolescents to transport drugs

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what term described the strategy of extending drug supply lines from urban areas to provincial towns and villages

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county lines

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how do adult organisers of illicit drug trade use adolescents in the trade

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by grooming and enslaving them to transport drugs to reduce the risk of being caught themelves

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how are online forums on the dark net used in illict drug trade

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to arrange drug suppliers delivered through postal and courier services

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what did berrys ethnographic interviews reveal about use of online communcations in distraction crimes

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criminals use fake or dummy job discussions online to distract law enforcement from other offences

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what is the concept of sociotechnical arms race in context of serious crimes

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ongoing battle between organisers of crimes and those preventing them fueled by technlogical innovations

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what concept does mike davis discuss in his 1998 work

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ecology of fear

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what type of strategies does schuilenburg and peeters 2018 characterise innovation in duthc cities like eindenhoven as

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positive security strategies as a form of pastoral power

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what is the goal of the de-escalate project in eindhoven NTE district

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to cultivate pro-social convival behaviour

RATHER than ant-social and antagnositic conduct

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what techniques are used in the de-escalate project to alter mood and behaviour in public spaces

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manipulating lighting, piped music and other aspects of environment

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how do schueilenburg and peeters describe the de-escalation project approach to urban security

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it is PASTORAL - seeking to secuiritise public spaces through behavioural manipulation and inclusion

RATHER than surveillance and exclusion

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what does concept of pastoral power aim to achieve in the context of urban secuiryt

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to manage mood and behaviour in public spaces to make them pleasant for all rather than exclude people

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how does smart city architecture contribute to de-escalte project

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by using light, smell, sound design to manage mood and behaviour in public areas

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what criticms might advocates of social justice have towards positive security strategies like the de-escalate project

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  • could be seeen as form of REPRESSIVE tolerance
50
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pastoral power works to manage what risks of crime

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situational risks of crime

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what is the central idea regarding disruptive digital technologies in smart cities?

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emergent technologies are disruptive as they render existing ways of doing things REDUNDANT, impacting established justice and risk management responses to urban crime and insecurity

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how have emergent technologies disrupted licit enterprises

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by rendering business models of traditional enterprises, like high street record shops, obsolete through the shift to online purchases and streaming services

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how has illict drugs trade been transformed by emergent technologies according to berry?

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mobile internet has facilitated the ease with which criminal justice responses can be distracted and circumvented

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what is a historic example of technology developed for security being used for illict advantage

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use of wire-tapping by criminal enterprises for counter-surveillance of law enforcement

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what are 3 emergent technologies discussed in edwards (2016) thought experiment on security futures (by mckinsey and company 2013)

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3D
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  • automation of knowledge work
  • 3d printing
  • autonomous vehicles
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how does automation of knowledge work impact security

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it enhances the indication and possible prediction of tension and civil unrest, but also raises concerns about authoritarian targeting of legitimate demonstrations

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what is significant concern regarding 3d printing and urban security

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potential production of firearms and ammunition, though the greater threat is likely in counterfeit goods and highquality fake luxury items

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how are autononmous vehciles used in law enforcement

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unmanned airborne vehicles or drones are used for unmanned surveillance and crime prevention, espeically in high risk environments

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what challenge do emergent technologies pose to conventional justice and risk management

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they distribute the power to govern security across mutliple centers of governance, beyond traditional state control

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what must urban security strateges do in response to the sociotechnical arms race

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must adapt to acknowledge the limits placed on conventional criminal law enforcement by hyperconnected cities

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what is an example of protestors circumventing surveillant algorithims

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posting screen captures of social media messages instead of actual text to avoid detection by algorithims used by repressive regimes

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how might the weaponisation of drones impact urban security

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it could enhance political violence and pose new threats such as post-suicide bombing attacks on cities

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how do tech savvy criminal enterprises challenge state and commercial security actors

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by using emergent technologies to distribute power and outpace conventional law enforcement stratgies

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what ethical concern arises from the deployment of smart security technologies

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the potential for these technologies to be used in ways that suppress legitimate political protests and civil liberties

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