'Overall, The City is Me traces many of the important developments and theories that are contributing to the formation of “smart” cities connected and wired through sophisticated software and user interfaces. […] It provides a clear and coherent introduction to the theorists and ideas that have both helped make and interpret the changes that people and cities have undergone in the last seventy years.'

Rosane Araujo, a Brazilian architect and urbanist, is a visiting scholar at Columbia University.