Bookcast: Big Data, Code and the Discrete City

Featuring author: Silvio Carta Book: Big Data, Code & The Discrete City: Shaping Public Realms (Routledge, 2020) Silvio Carta's book "Big Data, Code and the Discrete City" explores how digital technologies are gradually changing the way in which the public space is designed by architects, managed by policymakers and experienced by individuals. Smart city technologies are superseding the traditional human experience that has characterised the making of the public space until today. This book examines how computers see the public space and the effect of algorithms, artificial intelligences and automated processes on the human experience in public spaces.