Venetian apartments lie empty: the city’s short-term holiday rental market is pushing out local residents. Can campaign groups overcome the difficulties of under-regulated housing policies and establish the rights of locals?
Elke Rauth
is on the editorial staff of Dérive and head of urbanize!, an international festival for urban exploration in Vienna. She was a member of the Eurozine Editorial Board until 2015.
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The smart city industry is continually conquering new terrain. But as the global rollout of the digital electricity and gas meter (smart meter) proceeds apace, Elke Rauth discerns a project that shows disdain for the private sphere and puts the intelligence of governments and city-dwellers to the test.