Island platforms and the hyper-terrestrialisation of Singapore's smart city-state

• Main Authors: WOODS, Orlando, BUNNELL, Tim, KONG, Lily
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2024
• Subjects: Platform urbanism; island platforms; territory; smart cities; Singapore; Asian Studies; Urban Studies; Urban Studies and Planning
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cis_research/158; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/cis_research/article/1157/viewcontent/TPG_Island_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper foregrounds the importance of underlying territorial formations in realising a vision of the smart city. It argues that as a political technology of the state, territory should be understood as a platform upon which data works and the smart city unfolds. In this view, island territories –...