Robert Hollands

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a preliminary critical polemic against some of the more rhetorical aspects of smart cities, with a view to problematizing a range of elements that supposedly characterize this new urban form, as well as question some underlying assumptions/contradictions hidden within the concept.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors make a critical intervention into the dominance of the corporate smart city model, arguing that the profit motive of global high-technology companies, in collusion with the trend towards city governance being wedded to a competitive form of urban entrepreneurialism, has left little room for ordinary people to participate in the smart city.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the process of making urban nightscapes, including the production, regulation and consumption of urban nightlife spaces, and the role of youth cultural identities, transitions and lifestyle divisions.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors develop a theoretical understanding of the relationship between young people and city space, focusing on what they have termed "urban playscapes" (young people's activities in bars, pubs, night-clubs and music venues within the night-time entertainment economy).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors tackle the question of how we might begin to re-conceptualize contemporary youth cultural identities in the context of social divisions created through different transitional pathways, by reference to some recent ethnographic work on young adults and nightlife.