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Jennifer Gabrys¹

¹Department of Sociology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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Smart cities are digitalizing urban nature, transforming forests into responsive organisms. This programming can worsen extractive economies and social inequalities through the "Internet of Nature."

Keywords:

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Urban ecology
Digitalization studies
Environmental sociology

Background:

Smart city initiatives increasingly integrate digital technologies into urban infrastructure.
Urban nature, including forests, is undergoing digitalization through monitoring, automation, and augmentation.

Purpose of the Study:

To explore the concept of "splintering urbanisms" as nature is programmed into smart city infrastructure.
To analyze how smart urban forest management logics transform vegetation into responsive urban organisms.

Main Methods:

Conceptual analysis of smart city technologies applied to urban nature.
Focus on "smart urban forests" as a case study.
Examination of management logics and their ecological and social implications.

Main Results:

Smart infrastructure management programs vegetation for efficiency and responsiveness.
This programming can lead to the "Internet of Nature," where natural elements are data-driven.
Potential for exacerbating extractive economies and social inequalities.

Conclusions:

Programming nature as infrastructure in smart cities creates "splintering urbanisms."
Efficiency-driven management of urban forests can have negative socio-ecological consequences.
The "Internet of Nature" risks amplifying existing societal disparities.