Critically evaluate the principles and practice of ‘smart city’ policies.

Answer ONE of the following questions 1.Who governs cities? Refer to at least two of the following approaches in answering your question: urban regime theory; urban governance perspectives; elite community power perspectives; pluralist community power perspectives. 2. To what extent are cities both the “victim and culprit of” and “solution to” climate change (Bulkeley, 2013: 9)? 3. “…the only positive to gentrification is being able to find a good cup of coffee…” (Slater, 2006: 752). Discuss. 4. Critically evaluate the principles and practice of ‘smart city’ policies. 5. Should urban regeneration follow the principles of urban entrepreneurialism? 6. Critically discuss whether the impacts of austerity on urban areas and local public services have been exaggerated. 7. Do people have ‘the right to the city’ (Harvey, 2008)? Discuss.

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