Scaling smartness, (de)provincialising the city? The ASEAN Smart Cities Network and the translational politics of technocratic regionalism

• Main Authors: KONG, Lily, WOODS, Orlando
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
• Subjects: Smart cities; scaling smartness; technocratic regionalism; ASCN; Southeast Asia; Asian Studies; Urban Studies and Planning
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/3319; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/4579/viewcontent/ScalingSmartness_av.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This paper explores the case study of the ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) to uncover the motivations and potential challenges associated with technocratic regionalism, by which we mean technology-driven forms of regional integration and consolidation. In the case of the ASCN, technocratic regional...