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The conclusion offers summary reflections on the arguments developed across the chapters, around why infrastructure matters, how infrastructure comes to matter, and what can be gained from pursuing explorations of urban infrastructure futures. It tenders some thoughts on concerns and priorities for further research and practice in this area.
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I would argue that we are yet to see a full demonstration of the politics of smart urbanism, for example, as we are only now beginning to understand many of the ramifications and possible consequences of deploying infrastructure for capturing and synthesizing people’s everyday activities (e.g. energy consumption) and circulating real-time digital flows from this data.
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Rutherford, J. (2020). Conclusion: Infrastructure Futures. In: Redeploying Urban Infrastructure. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-17887-1_7
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