Geheted

Geheted is a term used in speculative fiction and critical discourse to describe a hypothetical urban or social state in which physical spaces, digital networks, and social interactions are tightly integrated to create highly navigable, data-rich environments. The concept centers on geospatial data and sensor-enabled infrastructures that shape how people move, work, and connect.

In such geheted environments, sensors, cameras, transit systems, and personal devices form a feedback loop that observes and responds to activity in real time. Advocates imagine benefits including more efficient services, improved safety, energy efficiency, and better emergency response. Critics warn of enhanced surveillance, concentration of power in data institutions, potential bias, and erosion of privacy and autonomy.

In fiction and some theory, geheted settings feature adaptive urban fabrics with pervasive data layers, dynamic zoning, and responsive public spaces. The term is used as a thought experiment about the trajectories of urbanization and governance in the age of ubiquitous data, rather than as a description of current, real-world practice.

Geheted has no formal, universally accepted definition or standard usage. Its meaning varies by author and context, and it is often treated as a provisional or exploratory concept within discussions of smart cities, surveillance studies, and urban informatics. See also: smart city, surveillance, urban data, digital governance.